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← HistoryWhich limiting magnification arose in early parabolic mirrors before Newton?
A)Chromatic aberration significantly distorts images
B)Diffraction limited resolution reduced clarity
C)Spherical aberration blurs the focus✓
D)Fresnel diffraction creates fringe patterns
💡 Explanation
Spherical mirrors exhibited blurring due to spherical aberration, because light rays parallel to the optical axis don't converge after reflection. Therefore, larger mirrors increased aberration, rather than correcting other distortion and limiting high effective magnification.
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