radial velocity Comparison Table

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radial velocity comparison table

Subject is a kind of has definition

velocity quantity The speed and the direction of an object's motion.

radial velocity velocity The speed at which an object moves toward or away from us. It can be measured from a star's spectrum: a star moving toward us has a blueshifted spectrum, and a star moving away from us has a redshifted spectrum. The larger the blueshift or redshift, the larger the radial velocity. The present radial-velocity champion is a star in the constellation Lacerta named Giclas 233-27, which moves toward us at 583 kilometers per second.

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
velocity	quantity	The speed and the direction of an object's motion.
radial velocity	velocity	The speed at which an object moves toward or away from us. It can be measured from a star's spectrum: a star moving toward us has a blueshifted spectrum, and a star moving away from us has a redshifted spectrum. The larger the blueshift or redshift, the larger the radial velocity. The present radial-velocity champion is a star in the constellation Lacerta named Giclas 233-27, which moves toward us at 583 kilometers per second.

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