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Doppler spectroscopy
(redirected from Wobble method)

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Doppler spectroscopy [‚däp·lər spek′träs·kə·pē]
(spectroscopy)
A technique for measuring the speed with which an object is moving toward or away from the observer by measuring the amount that light from the object is shifted to a higher or lower frequency by the Doppler effect.


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Charbonneau came not only with enthusiasm but also with some intriguing information: An international team of astronomers had just used the wobble method to find tentative evidence of a giant, Jupiterlike planet circling close to a near-Earth star called HD 209458.
But the wobble method reveals only the minimum mass of an orbiting planet and nothing about its size or density.
But the wobble method provides only a planet's maximum mass.
 
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