Asked by jane
What is the size of the smallest craater on the moon that you can see with a telescope with a resolution of 2 arc seconds at a distance of 384,400 km?away
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Answered by
drwls
First, convert 2 arc seconds to radians.
2 arc sec*(1 degree/3600 arc sec)/57.3 degree/rad = 9.7*10^-6 rad
Finally, multiply that by the distance to the moon.
9.7*10^-6*384,400 = 3.7 km
is the smallest resolvable object size.
Two arc seconds is typical for a good earth-based telescope with about a 10 cm aperture under good seeing conditions.
2 arc sec*(1 degree/3600 arc sec)/57.3 degree/rad = 9.7*10^-6 rad
Finally, multiply that by the distance to the moon.
9.7*10^-6*384,400 = 3.7 km
is the smallest resolvable object size.
Two arc seconds is typical for a good earth-based telescope with about a 10 cm aperture under good seeing conditions.
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