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What is the Doppler effect and how is it related to stars?

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The Doppler effect measures the direction of a moving object from its center of rotation.

The Doppler Effect is related to the vector derivative of the velocity, Del.V = v/r cos(VR).

The cos(VR) is the measure of the Doppler Effect. If the cos(VR) is greater than zero, the velocity is away from the center the so-called redshift; if the cos(VR) is equal zero, the velocity is perpendicular to the center or moving in a circle around the center, there is no shift in spectrum; if the cos(VR) is less than zero the veclocity is toward the center, the so-called Blue shift.

The Redshift is the primary basis fotr claiming the Universe is expanding. Hubble the Father of the Redshift Data, did not believe this. Hubble thought the redshift is an unknown principle of Nature. The explanation here explains why Hubble is correct and the Universe is not expanding. Stars mostly exhibit Redshift because their velocity generally points away from their center of rotation. Like the Earth around the sun, the Earth has a redshift of cos(VR) = 30k/c = 1/10000 or angle 89 degrees 59 minutes and 39.5 seconds. The Earth's velocity is roughly 20 seconds away from the central radius R, almost perpendicular.

This redshift indicates that the Earth's velocity is slightly pulling away just enough to balance the gravitational attraction at the center, mcv/r cos(VR) = mv^2/r.

The cos(VR) is the measure of the degree OS redshift to balance the central pull. If the velocity was c, then cos(VR) = 1 or exactly radial to the central attraction.

The fact that every star seems to have redshift indicates that the stars are in balance with their central attraction.

This same effect occurs in electrons in atoms. Here the redshift measures the effect of nuclear attraction on the electron. The redshift here is the result of electrical attraction rather than gravitational attraction and the redshift is quantized and involves the Fine Structure Constant cos(VR) = Fine Structure Constant/n = 7.2E-3/n.

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I don't think they do. I would expect them to have among the smallest Doppler effect.


Using the Doppler effect astronomers can determine a stars what?

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How Doppler effect?

The apparent change in the frequency due to motion of the source relative to the listener or vice versa is called Doppler's effect . Uses of Doppler's effect : It is used to compute the velocities of stars relative to earth by noting change in wavelength. It is also used to detect moving objects like aircraft by reflect of the radar waves.


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