The Cosmic Perspective (9th Edition)
The Cosmic Perspective (9th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134874364
Author: Jeffrey O. Bennett, Megan O. Donahue, Nicholas Schneider, Mark Voit
Publisher: PEARSON
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The time is taken by the star and the planet to complete one orbit around their center of mass.

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The time taken is 5 days

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The below figure shows the periodic variations in the Doppler shift of a star caused by a planet orbiting around it. Positive velocities mean the star is moving away from the Earth and negative velocities mean the star is moving towards Earth.

The Cosmic Perspective (9th Edition), Chapter 13, Problem 1VSC

The orbital period for a planet detected by the Doppler method is the time between two points with the same velocity and slope in the velocity-time curve. From the velocity-time graph, we find this time period to be 5 days.

Conclusion:

It takes 5 daysfor the star and the planet to complete one orbit around their center of mass.

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