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The periodic time of rotation of a certain star is 22 days and its radius is 7 × 108 metres. If the wavelength of light emitted by its surface be 4320 Å, the Doppler shift will be (1 day = 86400 sec) |
0.033 Å 0.33 Å 3.3 Å 33 Å |
0.033 Å |
$\Delta \lambda=\lambda . \frac{v}{c}$ where $v = r \omega=r \times\left(\frac{2 \pi}{T}\right)$ ∴ $\Delta \lambda=\frac{4320 \times 7 \times 10^8 \times 2 \times 3.14}{3 \times 10^8 \times 22 \times 86400}$ = 0.033 Å |