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The objective lens of a certain refracting telescope has a diameter of 59.0 cm. The telescope is mounted in a satellite that orbits the Earth at an altitude of 335 km to view objects on the Earths surface. Assuming an average wavelength of 500 nm, find the minimum distance between two objects on the ground if their images are to be resolved by this lens.

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