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Why does light hitting an edge bend?



 
 
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Old August 19th 19, 06:26 PM posted to alt.astronomy
herbert glazier
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Default Why does light hitting an edge bend?

It bends more than 45 degrees too.How come? I will post my thinking on this after you.bert
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Old August 20th 19, 03:20 PM posted to alt.astronomy
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Default Why does light hitting an edge bend?

Herbert Glazier wrote on 20/08/2019 3:26 AM:
It bends more than 45 degrees too.How come? I will post my thinking
on this after you.bert

This is due to Diffraction ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffraction

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