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mihalych1998 [28]
3 years ago
8

Even at such low fractions of the speed of light these stars are moving quite quickly (thousands of kilometers a second) compare

d to the standard velocity dispersion in the milky way galaxy (which is around 300km/s). suppose the star was actually moving toward the earth at a more reasonable 300km/s. what wavelength λ would the 656.46-nm line move to? use 299,792km/s for the speed of light. express your answer in nanometers to five significant figures.
Physics
1 answer:
yulyashka [42]3 years ago
5 0
According to Doppler Effect, an observer at rest will perceive a shift in the wavelength or frequency of the radiation emitted by a source in movement.This shift is given by the formula:
\frac{ \lambda - \lambda_{0} }{ \lambda_{0} } = \frac{-v}{c}

where:
\lambda = observed wavelength
\lambda_{0} = wavelength at rest
v = speed of source (positive if towards the observer, negative if away from the observer)
c = speed of light

Therefore, we can solve for the observed wavelength:
\lambda = \lambda_{0} (\frac{-v}{c}) + \lambda_{0} \\ \lambda = \lambda_{0} (1 - \frac{v}{c})

Substituting the given data:
\lambda = 656.46 (1 - \frac{300}{299792})
= 655.80 nm

Hence, the observed wavelength of the line would be 655.80 nm. Note that this value is smaller than the one at rest, which means that we have a blue-shift, as expected for an approaching source.
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