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Chapter 3, Problem 10MC
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The correct option, from the following options, for the shift in the peak of a blackbody curve of a star moving towards the Earth.

(a) to a higher intensity

(b) toward higher energies

(c) toward longer wavelengths

(d) to a lower intensity

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