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  • ...spectrum]] due to the [[Doppler effect]] or other gravitationally-induced effects. More generally, redshift is defined as an ''increase'' in the [[wavelength ...ssion.</ref> [[astronomical spectroscopy|spectroscopic]] astrophysics uses Doppler redshifts to determine the movement of distant astronomical objects.<ref na ...
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  • ...arallel south|15°S]]. In practice, [[Scintillation (astronomy)|atmospheric effects]] will reduce visibility of the object when it is near the horizon.</ref> A ...etermined through measurement of the spectrum. Due to the [[Doppler effect|Doppler shift]], the [[absorption line]]s in the spectrum of a star will be shifted ...
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  • ...stars toward and then away from the observer, producing a [[doppler effect|doppler shift]] in the wavelength of the line features. The measurement of this shi | title=Photometric Effects of Binarity on AM Star Broadband Colors ...
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  • ...theoretical considerations. In 1912 [[Vesto Slipher]] measured the first [[Doppler shift]] of a "[[spiral nebula]]" (spiral nebula is the obsolete term for sp ...erved objects in all directions. If the [[redshift]] is interpreted as a [[Doppler shift]], the recessional [[velocity]] of the object can be calculated. For ...
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  • Radial velocity is measured by the [[doppler shift]] of the star's spectral lines, and is given in units of [[kilometre| ...star of [[T Tauri star|T Tauri type]]), reconstructed by means of [[Zeeman-Doppler imaging]]]] ...
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  • ...t)|Mercury]] and other [[planet]]s. General relativity also predicts novel effects of gravity, such as [[gravitational wave]]s, [[gravitational lens]]ing and ...of gravity can be made to vanish by observing them in free fall, the same effects can be ''produced'' by observing objects in an [[Acceleration|accelerated]] ...
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  • ...]. It is also the [[force carrier]] for the [[electromagnetic force]]. The effects of this [[force]] are easily observable at both the [[microscopic scale|mic ...nt]]. However, these effects are not specific to photons; exactly the same effects would be predicted for classical [[electromagnetic radiation|electromagneti ...
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  • ...rap]]. The combination of these two techniques and a method based on the [[Doppler effect]], developed by [[Claude Cohen-Tannoudji]] and his group, allows sma ...y bound, due to [[Semi-empirical mass formula#Pairing term|nuclear pairing effects]].<ref name=CRC/> ...
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  • ...(127&nbsp;mm) / 38-caliber guns during a target exercise. Note concussion effects on the water surface, and 16-inch (406&nbsp;mm) gun barrels in varying degr ...er, it was determined that the system could not withstand the overpressure effects from firing the main battery.<ref>Statement by Admiral Rowden in the ''Depa ...
    116 KB (17,321 words) - 00:48, 11 August 2009