Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 SciencePhysicsWave Optics1 Mark
Question
The phenomenon by which stars recedes from each other is explained by:
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Answer
Red shift
Explanation:
When an object moves away from us, its light waves are stretched into lower frequencies or longer wavelengths, and we say that the light is redshifted. It also explain the expanding nature of universe.
Doppler effect in light explains the phenomenon of receding of stars and approaching of star by red shift and blue shift respectively.
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