Rumor has it that a photographic camera on a spy satellite


Rumor has it that a photographic camera on a spy satellite can read the license plate of an automobile on the ground.

a.) If the altitude of the satellite is 160 km, roughly what angular resolution does the camera need to read a license plate? Assume that the reading requires a linear resolution of about 5 cm;

b.) To attain that angular resolution, what must be the diameter of the aperture of the camera?

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