A certain spectrum line has a wavelength of exactly 5800 Angstroms when measured in the laboratory. When observed in a certain star, that line is found to have a wavelength of 5796 Angstroms. What is its radial velocity, as a fraction of the speed of light? [vr/c = /0]   Is the star approaching or receding from us

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  1. A certain spectrum line has a wavelength of exactly 5800 Angstroms when measured in the laboratory. When observed in a certain star, that line is found to have a wavelength of 5796 Angstroms.
  2. What is its radial velocity, as a fraction of the speed of light? [vr/c = /0]

 

  1. Is the star approaching or receding from us?
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 Dllo= -vrc         , where Dl = (l - lo) (l - lo) lo=  -vrc where I=wavelength of line  observed in a certain star        lo = wavelength of line measured in the laboratory       c = wave length of light         vr=   radial velocity

       

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