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What equation relates a galaxy's recessional velocity to its distance using redshift observations?
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Hubble's law
What is the Doppler-based medical test for measuring blood flow in vessels called?
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Doppler sonography
Which first satellite navigation system used Doppler shift measurements from satellites?
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Transit
Which kind of binary star is detected by periodic Doppler shifts in its spectral lines?
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Spectroscopic binary
What is the broadening of spectral lines caused by velocity-related Doppler shifts called?
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Doppler broadening
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What is the Doppler-based medical test for measuring blood flow in vessels called?
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Doppler sonography
Which kind of binary star is detected by periodic Doppler shifts in its spectral lines?
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Spectroscopic binary
What is the broadening of spectral lines caused by velocity-related Doppler shifts called?
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Doppler broadening
What was Christian Doppler's middle name?
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Andreas
What Doppler variant reverses the usual frequency shift for approach and recession?
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inverse Doppler effect
Which society heard Doppler's 1842 paper on colored starlight?
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Royal Bohemian Society
In which city did Christian Doppler die in 1853?
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Venice
In spectroscopy, Doppler shifts are seen as shifts in what features?
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spectral lines