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The Hubble Space Telescope has an aperture of 2.4 m and focuses visible light (400-700 nm). The Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico is 30
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The Hubble Space Telescope has an aperture of 2.4 m and focuses visible light (400-700 nm). The Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico is 305 m (1000 ft) in diameter (it is built in a mountain valley) and focuses radio waves of wavelength 75 cm.
Under optimal viewing conditions, what is the smallest crater that each of these telescopes could resolve on our moon?
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Explanation:
what is the smallest crater that each of these telescopes could resolve on our moon?
For moon ;
s = 3.8 × 10 ⁸ m
y = 1.22 λs/D
where;
λ = 400 nm = 400× 10 ⁻⁹
D = 2.4 m
The smallest crater for the hubble space is calculated as follows:
For Aceribo ;
y = 1.22 λs/D
where :
λ = 75 cm = 0.75 m
D = 305 m