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The Doppler effect suggests that sound waves are relative to the observer. You know if an object is coming or going from the sound it makes. Light waves follow the Doppler effec…

The Doppler effect suggests that sound waves are relative to the observer. You know if an object is coming or going from the sound it makes. Light waves follow the Doppler effec…
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The Doppler effect suggests that sound waves are relative to the observer. You know if an object is coming or going from the sound it makes. Light waves follow the Doppler effect also. However, instead of sound changing, you know if an object is coming or going _____.

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from the color of the light

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A similar principle is observed with light as it is with sound. If an object is moving away from you the wavelengths gets longer, and towards the red light spectrum of the visible light spectrum, whereas if an object is moving towards you the wavelength will decrease towards the blue end of the spectrum
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