Suppose you send a probe to land on Mercury, and the probe transmits radio signals to earth at a wavelength of 52.0000 cm. You listen for the probe when Mercury is moving away from Earth at its full orbital velocity of 48 km/s around the Sun. What wavelength (in cm) would you have to tune your radio telescope to detect that signal? Use the doppler shift formula  Note: the speed of light is 3.0 ✕ 105 km/s. Give your answer to at least four decimal places.)

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Suppose you send a probe to land on Mercury, and the probe transmits radio signals to earth at a wavelength of 52.0000 cm. You listen for the probe when Mercury is moving away from Earth at its full orbital velocity of 48 km/s around the Sun. What wavelength (in cm) would you have to tune your radio telescope to detect that signal?

Use the doppler shift formula  Note: the speed of light is 3.0 ✕ 105 km/s. Give your answer to at least four decimal places.)

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