1. The smallest shift you can reliably measure on the screen is about 0.2 grid units. This shift corresponds to the precision of positions measured with the best Earth-based optical telescopes. If you cannot measure an angle smaller than this, what is the maximum distance at which a star can be located and still have a measurable parallax

Explanation:

each grid corresponding  0.1s⁻¹.

0.2grid unit = 0.2×0.1 =0.02s⁻¹

distance of the star from telescope

d = 1/p

d= 1/0.02= 50 par sec

1par sec = 3.26 light year

1 light year = 9.5×10¹²km

3.26ly=3.084×10¹³km

d= 50×3.084×10¹³=1.55×10¹⁵km

i just did an experiment like this in my science class. also the answer is yes, it will get separated because they are two opposites meaning if they are opposite they can not attract.

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initial speed when it is dropped is 150 ft/s

now at the same moment the acceleration due to gravity is perpendicular to its velocity

so as we know that

now we have centripetal acceleration a = 32 ft/s^2 as its perpendicular to velocity

while tangential acceleration at the same moment will be zero

so

now radius of curvature is given as

so the radius of curvature just after it is dropped is 703.125 ft