Two stars are $10$ light years away from the Earth. They are seen through a telescope of objective diameter $30\, cm$. The wavelength of light is $600\, nm$. To see the stars just resolved by the telescope,the minimum distance between them should be ( $1$ light year $= 9.46 \times 10^{15}\, m$) of the order of

  • A
    $10^8\, km$
  • B
    $10^{10}\, km$
  • C
    $10^{11}\, km$
  • D
    $10^6\, km$

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