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kvv77 [185]
3 years ago
11

Find the separation of two points on the Moon’s surface that can just be resolved by the 200 in. (= 5.1 m) telescope at Mount Pa

lomar, assuming that this separation is determined by diffraction effects. The distance from Earth to the Moon is
3.8×105km
. Assume a wavelength of 550 nm for the light.
Physics
1 answer:
rewona [7]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

The separation of the 2 points should be 50.0 meters.

Explanation:

According to Rayleigh's scattering criteria the angular separation between 2 points to be resolved equals

\theta =1.22\cdot \frac{\lambda }{D}

Applying the given values we get

\theta =1.22\cdot \frac{550\times 10^{-9} }{5.1}=0.1316\times 10^{-6}rads

thus the linear separation equals L=\theta \times Distance

Applying the given values we get

L=0.1316\times 10^{-6} \times 3.8\times 10^{5}\times 10^{3}meters\\\\\therefore L=50.00metes

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