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This Demonstration shows the refraction of a light ray through a ball with radius . Two rays from a point are shown. The first, parallel to the optical axis, enters the ball at and leaves at . The second ray passes through the center of the ball. The rays meet at .

Contributed by: Izidor Hafner (October 2018)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA

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