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What is the significance of the Tully-Fisher relation?

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What happens to the magnitude of the magnetic field inside a long solenoid if the radius is doubled?
  1.It becomes four times larger.
  2.It becomes twice as large.
  3.It is unchanged.
  4.It becomes one-half as large.
  5.It becomes one-fourth as large.



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Answer to Question 1

The Tully-Fisher relation gives astronomers another direct measurement tool for
determining the absolute magnitude of a spiral galaxy using the width of H2 lines in
the light spectrum that is independent of the radial motion measurements made using
red-shifts.

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