PHYSICS FOR SCIEN & ENGNR W/MOD MAST
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Chapter 35, Problem 26P
(II) The nearest neighboring star to the Sun is about 4 light-years away. If a planet happened to be orbiting this star at an orbital radius equal to that of the Earth-Sun distance, what minimum diameter would an Earth-based telescope’s aperture have to be in order to obtain an image that resolved this star-planet system? Assume the light emitted by the star and planet has a wavelength of 550 nm.
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PHYSICS FOR SCIEN & ENGNR W/MOD MAST
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