What is the minimum separation of two objects

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Question: The world's largest refracting telescope is operated at the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin. It has an objective of diameter of 1.02 m. Suppose such am instrument could be mounted on a spy satellite at an elevation of 300 km above the surface of the earth. Assume average wavelength for white light is 0.55 um.

A- What is the minimum separation of two objects on the ground if their images are to be clearly resolved by this lens?

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