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← HistoryWhich limitation affected Alhazen's experiments on light refraction using water-filled glass spheres?
A)Chromatic aberration distorting image clarity
B)Spherical aberration blurring the focal point✓
C)Astigmatism causing uneven image sharpness
D)Diffraction limiting resolution of details
💡 Explanation
When light passes through spherical lenses, spherical aberration occurs because rays farther from the center focus at different points than rays closer to the center, creating a blurred image. Therefore the image clarity from spherical aberration was limited, rather than other forms of aberration or diffraction which require different lens imperfections.
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