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What the Doppler Effect Tells Us About Distant Stars and Planets

What the Doppler Effect Tells Us About Distant Stars and Planets

In this demonstration, students experience the Doppler effect for sound. Students can compute the frequency change for motion along the line of sight (LOS) and determine the vector LOS component for motions not exactly on it. A buzzer, battery, bicycle wheel, string and a rubber ball and a timer are needed for the demonstration. The resource is from PUMAS - Practical Uses of Math and Science - a collection of brief examples created by scientists...

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Keywords:
Orbitals, Blue Shift, Earth Science, Stellar Wobble, Geoscience, NSDL, Red Shift, Physical Sciences:Vibration and Waves, Cosine, Frequency, Physics
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Material Type:
Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
June 5, 2017
Author:
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Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
High School, College General Ed
Technical Format:
Website
Mobile Compatibility:
Not specified at this time
Language:
English
Cost Involved:
Unknown
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No
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