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← HistoryHow does chromatic aberration impact medieval astrolabe accuracy?
A)Blurring of observed celestial objects✓
B)Overestimation of planetary orbital speeds
C)Underestimation of stellar distances
D)Miscalculation of shadow projection angles
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Chromatic aberration, caused by the dispersion of light through the alidade's lenses, creates a blurring effect. This occurs because different wavelengths of light focus at different points on observation instruments, therefore it worsens celestial targeting rather than optical power estimation.
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