When Mars Is at Its Closest Approach to Earth,the Distance

question 49

Multiple Choice

When Mars is at its closest approach to Earth,the distance is approximately 0.75 AU (1 AU = 1.51 * 10¹¹ m) .What aperture is required if a telescope is to be able to resolve a 16 km-wide canyon on Mars's surface? Assume a wavelength in the red-orange,or 610 nm.

• A)7.0 m
• B)5.3 m
• C)4.3 m
• D)4.1 m
• E)3.5 m

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