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The Largest Refracting Telescope in the World Is the 102-Cm

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The largest refracting telescope in the world is the 102-cm (40-in.) diameter telescope at Yerkes Observatory, built in 1897. Refracting telescopes with larger diameter have never been built because they would:


A) sag too much under their own weight.
B) give too much magnification.
C) have too little chromatic aberration.
D) be too thick, and suffer too much spherical aberration.

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