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A radio telescope with a diameter of 260m uses a wavelength of 4.5m to observe a...

A radio telescope with a diameter of 260m uses a wavelength of 4.5m to observe a binary star system that is about 2.0

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Diameter of the telescope is d = 260 m

Wavelength of light

The distance of binary star from Earth is

The resolution of the telescope is,

          

Here, is wavelength and d is diameter of the telescope.

It is also defined as, ratio of distance between two binary stars and distance of star from earth.

    

Here, distance between two starts is a, and D is the distance of start from Earth.

Thus,

Therefore, the minimum seperation between two starts is,

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