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Chapter 11, Problem 40E

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Astronomers find that light emitted by a particular element at one edge of the Sun has a slightly higher frequency than light from that element at the opposite edge. What do these measurements tell us about the Sun’s motion?

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Astronomers find that light emitted by a particular element at one edge of the Sun has a slightly higher frequency than light from that element at the opposite edge. What do these measurements tell us about the Sun’s motion?

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The light from the side that has a lower frequency moving away from us this would be expanded in frequency due to doppler effect and light from the side that coming towards us should be compressed and increased

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