Physics A-Level
Spectroscopy as a remote sensing tool
What Spectroscopy as a remote sensing tool means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Spectroscopy as a remote sensing tool
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Reference: OCR
Recording the spectrum of a star and matching the wavelengths of the lines present against laboratory spectra of known elements, revealing composition without visiting the star.
Topics that use Spectroscopy as a remote sensing tool
- Electromagnetic radiation from stars (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Black-body modelling of stars
- Continuous spectrum
- Discrete energy levels
- Emission line spectrum
- Energy levels
- Estimation of stellar surface temperature
- Grating spacing
- Line spectra
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