Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Wave Optics

Question:

Doppler shift for the light of wavelength 6000 Å emitted from the sun is 0.04 Å. If radius of the sun is $7 × 10^8 m$ then time period of rotation of the sun will be

Options:

30 days

365 days

24 hours

25 days.

Correct Answer:

25 days.

Explanation:

Doppler shift, $dλ=\frac{v}{c}xλ=R_ϖ(\frac{λ}{c})$

or $R(\frac{2π}{T})\frac{λ}{c}=dλ$

Substituting values for all parameter, we get

or $T=\frac{R×2π}{dλ}×\frac{λ}{c}$

T = 25 days