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Astronomers have observed that light coming from far away stars do not show the same spectrum as observed on Earth. Each wavelength is shifted slightly towards the red end of the spectrum. It is observed that the1stline of Lyman series shows121 nmon Earth, but from the star it shows122 nm. The speed of the star with respect to Earth is close to

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Solution:

1λ=c–vc+v    1λ0

⇒    λ0=λc–vc+v

121=122c–vc+v

⇒ v≈2.5×106 m s–1

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