Assume that light of wavelength $600\, nm$ is coming from a star. The limit of resolution of a telescope whose objective has a diameter of $2\, m$ is $......... \times 10^{-7}\, rad$.

  • A
    $6.00$
  • B
    $3.66$
  • C
    $1.83$
  • D
    $7.32$

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