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sabina

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Kirchhoff was the first to describe qualitatively the types of spectra we observe from luminous objects. Describe the three types and their sources.
 
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Objects which have contracted, but are of too little mass to establish thermonuclear reactions in their cores, are ________, which slowly continue to cool.
 
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Answer to Question 1

His first law has dense hot objects creating a continuous spectrum. In the second law, a low density hot gas gives off bright emission lines. In the third law, a cool thin gas in front of a continuous source will absorb some of the energies, creating dark lines in the spectrum.

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brown dwarfs




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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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