Über das farbige Licht der Doppelsterne und einiger anderer Gestirne des Himmels

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Über das farbige Licht der Doppelsterne und einiger anderer Gestirne des Himmels is the 1842 scientific paper by Christian Doppler in which he first proposed the Doppler effect, explaining how the observed frequency of waves depends on the relative motion between source and observer.

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instanceOf academic publication
scientific paper
author Christian Doppler NERFINISHED
contribution first formulation of the Doppler principle
countryOfOrigin Austrian Empire NERFINISHED
field astronomy
physics
firstDescribes color shift of starlight due to motion
frequency change due to motion
focusesOn binary stars
stellar light color
hasTitleInEnglish On the coloured light of the double stars and certain other stars of the heavens NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance foundational work in wave physics
origin of the term Doppler effect
influenced Doppler radar
Doppler ultrasound NERFINISHED
astrophysics
radar technology
spectroscopy
wave theory of sound
mainTopic Doppler effect NERFINISHED
relative motion of source and observer
wave frequency shift
namedAfter Christian Doppler NERFINISHED
originalLanguage German
proposes Doppler effect for light NERFINISHED
relationship between observed frequency and relative velocity
publicationType journal article
publicationYear 1842
subjectOf biographies of Christian Doppler
history of physics studies

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Christian Doppler notableWork Über das farbige Licht der Doppelsterne und einiger anderer Gestirne des Himmels