Spherical Mirrors Vs. Parabolic Mirrors

Spherical Mirrors Vs. Parabolic Mirrors Reflexion on a Spherical Surface Spherical Mirrors: Concave mirror, Linear object ★Parabola plotted with equal focus f = (2.0) as the approximate spherical mirror. ★The parabole does not generate the error FOCUS. ★The spherical mirror fails for angles that deviate from its approximate coincidence with the parabola.

 

Jose Arturo Gomez Velasquez

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
mirrors  parabolic  spherical  vs. 
Target Group (Age)
12 – 19+
Language
English
 
 
 
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