An amateur astronomer looks at the moon through a tele- scope with a 15-cm-diameter objective. What is

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An amateur astronomer looks at the moon through a tele- scope with a 15-cm-diameter objective. What is the minimum separation between two objects on the moon that she can resolve with this telescope? Assume her eye is most sensitive to light with a wavelength of 550 nm. 

A. 120 m 

B. 1.7 km 

C. 26 km 

D. 520 km

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College Physics A Strategic Approach

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