JEE Main & Advanced Physics Wave Optics / तरंग प्रकाशिकी Question Bank Doppler's Effect of Light

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    Light from the constellation Virgo is observed to increase in wavelength by 0.4%. With respect to Earth the constellation is                                                                                            [MP PET 2003]

    A)            Moving away with velocity 1.2 ´ 106 m/s

    B)            Coming closer with velocity 1.2 ´ 106 m/s 

    C)            Moving away with velocity 4 ´ 106 m/s

    D)            Coming closer with velocity 4 ´ 106 m/s

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                       Using \[\frac{\Delta \lambda }{\lambda }=\frac{v}{c}\Rightarrow v=\frac{\Delta \lambda }{\lambda }c\] \[\Rightarrow v=0.004\times 3\times {{10}^{8}}=1.2\times {{10}^{6}}\]m/sec


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