Exercise 1: Doppler Shift

A spectral line normally at 3000 Angstroms is Doppler shifted to 2995 Angstroms. What is the radial component of velocity for the source?

In a double-lined spectroscopic binary, why do the lines merge to one during certain points in the stars' orbits?

How do we determine the period of a spectroscopic binary from the velocity curve? For HD 80715 what is the period as determined from its velocity curve?

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