If you were to record the spectrum of Saturn as well as the A ring, you would find light from one edge of the rings redshift and light from the other edge blueshift. If you observed a spectral line at a wavelength of 525 nm, what difference in wavelength (in nm) should you expect between the opposite edge of the rings? (Hint: The radius of the edge of the A ring is 136,500 km. Use the formula for orbital velocity and the formula for the Doppler shift.)  _______ nm

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If you were to record the spectrum of Saturn as well as the A ring, you would find light from one edge of the rings redshift and light from the other edge blueshift. If you observed a spectral line at a wavelength of 525 nm, what difference in wavelength (in nm) should you expect between the opposite edge of the rings? (Hint: The radius of the edge of the A ring is 136,500 km. Use the formula for orbital velocity and the formula for the Doppler shift.) 

_______ nm

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