Thanks for the citation, do read the piece again.
It says that resolutions in the table you presented are theoretical and can't be attained by real lenses. Also that the best color films can resolve 140 lp/mm and that some Zeiss lenses deliver that resolution on these films at f/5.6 and f/8.
And it says "Objects of 4 millimeter in size (approximately 1/6 of an inch) have been imaged from almost 400 meters distance (more than 1.000 feet) with a 100 mm Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar lens at f/5.6 and a Contax RTS III 35 mm SLR camera featuring the
unique Contax vacuum pressure plate." I'm sorry, but this isn't at all the same as separating two objects 4 mm apart 400 m away. Resolution is about separating objects, not about imaging a single object.
Please think more about what resolution means and why we measure it in lp/mm or cycles/mm. If you want to be astronomical, think about the difference between capturing an image of a single star and seeing two stars as two stars and not a single blob of light.
If you want to see a newer, grander claim that still doesn't attain the levels you gave, see
http://www.zeiss.de/C12567A8003B58B9...256CED0054968D . Camera Lens News #24.
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