Which refractive distortion increases when the medieval burning mirror approaches its target?

💡 Explanation

Spherical aberration becomes significant as rays far from the optical axis focus closer than paraxial rays, therefore distorting the focal point because a perfect focus needs every ray to converge at a single point; rather than chromatic effects dominating.

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