The diameter of Jupiter is 1.40 105 km and the minimum distance between Earth and Jupiter...

 

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The diameter of Jupiter is 1.40 105 km and the minimum distance between Earth and Jupiter is 5.88 108 km. Suppose we observe Jupiter at this distance using a telescope which produces an image via a con- cave spherical mirror of focal length 2.50 m. (a) How far from the mirror will the image of Jupiter form? Does this make sense? (Hint: what can we say about the directions of the light rays from Jupiter which hit the mirror?) (b) Find the diameter of the image of Jupiter formed by this mirror. The diameter of Jupiter is 1.40 105 km and the minimum distance between Earth and Jupiter is 5.88 108 km. Suppose we observe Jupiter at this distance using a telescope which produces an image via a con- cave spherical mirror of focal length 2.50 m. (a) How far from the mirror will the image of Jupiter form? Does this make sense? (Hint: what can we say about the directions of the light rays from Jupiter which hit the mirror?) (b) Find the diameter of the image of Jupiter formed by this mirror.

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