What is the shape of the wavefront

Question:

What is the shape of the wavefront on earth for sunlight?

Solution:

We know that the distance between the sun and the earth is very large. We also know that the sun is spherical and can be considered as a point source of light which is

present at a very large distance. When the point source is kept at a distance, the wavefront formed will be almost plane.

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