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mwit1967

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What is the resolution limit at 400. nm, due to diffraction, of the Hubble Space Telescope which has an aperture of 2.4 meters?
 
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At what speed are lengths contracted to half and times dilated by a factor of 2?
 
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Answer to Question 1

2.0  10-7 radians = 42. milli-arc-second

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0.866 c



mwit1967

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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again




 

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