Multiple Choice
When Mars is at its closest approach to Earth,the distance is approximately 0.75 AU (1 AU = 1.51 * 1011 m) .What aperture is required if a telescope is to be able to resolve a 16 km-wide canyon on Mars's surface? Assume a wavelength in the red-orange,or 610 nm.
A) 7.0 m
B) 5.3 m
C) 4.3 m
D) 4.1 m
E) 3.5 m
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