The 24-M Diameter Hubble Space Telescope Has Been Placed into Earth

question 2

Multiple Choice

The 2.4-m diameter Hubble space telescope has been placed into Earth orbit by the space shuttle.Assuming a wavelength of 684 nm,what angular resolution could this telescope achieve by Rayleigh's criterion? (1 nm = 10−⁹ m)

• A) 3.5 × 10−⁶ rad
• B) 4.3 × 10−⁶ rad
• C) 2.8 × 10−⁶ rad
• D) 3.4 × 10−⁷ rad
• E) ​2.4 × 10−⁶ rad

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