Astronomers determine that a nearby galaxy is moving toward our galaxy at a speed of 723.0 km/s with respect to the Earth. If Earth receives a wavelength λ = 679.1 nm from a particular star in this nearby galaxy, what was the wavelength emitted by the star? (Give your answer to at least three significant figures.)
Astronomers determine that a nearby galaxy is moving toward our galaxy at a speed of 723.0...
Astronomers observe a galaxy emitting light at 9,427 Å. From lab experiments on Earth, astronomers determine the expected, or rest-frame, wavelength to be 6364 Å. What is the redshift for this galaxy? State your answer to 4 significant figures.
Consider a spiral galaxy that is moving directly away from Earth with a speed V=3.24*10^5 at its center. The galaxy is also rotating about its center such that points in the spiral arms are moving with a soeed V=5.750*10^5m/s relative to the center. If light with a frequency of 7.308*10^14Hz is emitted in both arms of the galaxy, what frequency is detected by astronomers observing the arm that is moving (a) toward and (b) away from Earth? Please break down...
Astronomers have observed a small, massive object at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. A ring of material orbits this massive object; the ring has a diameter of about 10 light years and an orbital speed of about 210 km/s . A) Determine the mass of the massive object at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Give your answer in kilograms. B) Give your answer in solar masses (one solar mass is the mass of the sun). C)...
DopplerShift:TheHb(hydrogenbeta)line,whichisstronginthespectraof moderately hot stars, has a wavelength of 486.133 nm in the laboratory (i.e., at rest with respect to the observer). What wavelength (nm) would we observe the Hb line on Earth if it were emitted by a star: a) moving at a speed of 200 km/s toward Earth? b) moving at a speed of 300 km/s away from Earth?
An astronomer observed electromagnetic waves emitted by oxygen atoms in a distant galaxy moving toward Earth at a speed of 2.467 times 10^7 m/s. In the laboratory on Earth, oxygen atoms emit waves that have a frequency of 5.841 times 10^14 Hz. At what frequency does the astronomer observe the light emitted by oxygen atoms from the distant galaxy? A certain metal has a work function for photoelectric emission of phi delta = 3.50 eV. What is the threshold frequency...
Astronomers have observed a small, massive object at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. A ring of material orbits this massive object; the ring has a diameter of about 12 light-years. If this massive object at the center has a mass of 2.75 x 1037 kg, what is the material orbital speed? Give your answer in km/h.
Part 1: Our Sun rotates about the center of our Galaxy (mG≈4×1041kg) at a distance of about 3×104 light-years [1ly=(3.00×108m/s)⋅(3.16×107s/yr)⋅(1.00yr)]. What is the period of the Sun's orbital motion about the center of the Galaxy? Express your answer using one significant figure. Part 2: Calculate the speed of a satellite moving in a stable circular orbit about the Earth at a height of 6000 km . v=???? m/s
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1. A red photon has a wavelength of 660 nm. How fast must a star be moving toward the Earth for a red photon emitted by the star to change its color to an orange photon of wavelength 620 nm? You may, if you wish, express your answer either in m/s or in terms of the speed of light c (e.g., "0.021c"). [You'll need to do a little bit of algebra. Keep in mind that, by convention, the velocity...
Problem 29.16 5 of 7 I Review An observer moving toward Earth with a speed of 0.84 c notices that it takes 4.9 min for a person to fill her car with gas. Suppose, instead, that the observer had been moving away from Earth with a speed of 0.91 c. Part A How much time would the observer have measured for the car to be filled in this case? Express your answer using two significant figures. 1ηΑΣφ At = 6.89...
Problem 5.46 Part A Calculate the speed of a satelite moving in a stable circular orbit about the Earth at a height of 4810 km Express your answer using three significant figures and include the appropriate units. HAO? Value Units