Near the center of our galaxy, hydrogen gas is moving directly away from us in its orbit about a black hole. We receive electromagnetic radiation of wavelength 1888 nm and know that it was 1875 nm when emitted by the hydrogen gas. Randomized Variablesλ = 1888 nm    What is the ratio of the speed of the gas to the speed of light?

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Near the center of our galaxy, hydrogen gas is moving directly away from us in its orbit about a black hole. We receive electromagnetic radiation of wavelength 1888 nm and know that it was 1875 nm when emitted by the hydrogen gas.

Randomized Variablesλ = 1888 nm

 

 What is the ratio of the speed of the gas to the speed of light

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