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An astronaut is looking down on earth's surface from a space shuttle at an altitude of `400 km. ` Assuming that the astronaut's pupil diameter is `5 mm` and the wavelength of visible light is `500 nm. ` The astronaut will be able to resolve linear object of the size of about .

A

0.5 m

B

5 m

C

50 m

D

500m

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Angular limit of resolution `x/l=1.22 lamda/a therefore x=(1.22 times 500 times 10^-9 times 400 times 10^3)/(5 times 10^-3)=50m`
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