An astronaut in a space shuttle claims she can just barely resolve two point sources on Earth's

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An astronaut in a space shuttle claims she can just barely resolve two point sources on Earth's surface, 160 km below. Calculate their

(a) Angular and

(b) Linear separation, assuming ideal conditions. Take A = 540 nm and the pupil diameter of the astronaut's eye to be 5.0 mm.

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Fundamentals of Physics

ISBN: 978-0471758013

8th Extended edition

Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick

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