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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?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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At what speed are lengths contracted to half and times dilated by a factor of 2?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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

Answer to Question 2

0.866 c


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Reply #2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Jul 27, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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