What is the smallest object your bare eye can resolve


Suppose you have a near-point distance of 16 cm. The angular resolution of the eye is determined by diffraction (see the Rayleigh criterion) and is approximately 2 arcmin. (Note that 1°=60 arcmin.) What is the smallest object your bare eye can resolve?

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