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📅 NSB 2018🎓 MS🔄 Round 11#️⃣ Question 12❓ TOSS-UP✍️ Short Answer

Spectroscopic [spek-troh-SCAW-pik] binary stars can only be differentiated by oscillations [aw-sill-AY-shuns] in their spectra caused by their rotation around their center of mass. What is the name of the effect that causes this oscillation in their observed spectra?

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