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📅 MIT Science Bowl 2021🎓 HS🔄 Round 13#️⃣ Question 17 TOSS UP📝 Multiple Choice

A spaceship with a 650-nanometer light is launched in a straight line so that it passes 100 meters from an observer at closest approach. It travels at a speed of 12c/13. What is the wavelength of the light that the observer will measure when the spaceship is at its closest approach?

W) 250 nanometers
X) 600 nanometers
Y) 1560 nanometers
Z) 1690 nanometers
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