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Quasars are among the most distant objects in the universe and are moving away from us a...

Quasars are among the most distant objects in the universe and are moving away from us at very high speeds, as discussed in Chapter 16. Astrophysicists use the redshift parameter z to determine the redshift of such rapidly moving objects. The parameter z is determined by observing a wavelength λ’ of a known spectral line of wavelength λsource on Earth; z = Δ λ’/ λsource= (λ’ - λsource)/ λsource Find the speed of two quasars having z values of 1.9 and 4.9.

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