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The Doppler Effect

 

Energy waves or sound waves given off by a moving source will compress as the object 

moves towards the observer, and expand out as they move away from the observer. 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As the ambulance moves towards observer, sound waves compress; As ambulance As the ambulance moved away from the observer, the waves expand.

What does Red Shift and Blue Shift mean?

Red Shift

Blue Shift

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

If the spectra of an element from a star is “Red-Shifted,” what does that mean?  

 

What did Edwin Hubble discover?  

 

What does Hubble’s discovery tell us?  

 

What does the frequency and wavelength of a color of light coming from a star (or any object) tell us (what can we calculate?)     

 

What is the speed of light?    

 


 

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