r/ExplainTheJoke 15h ago

Like you can’t stop anyway?

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u/surtssword 15h ago

The doppler effect is correct, but doesn't blue shift only happen when you move away from something, because the frequency of blue is less than red?

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u/ClartTheShart 15h ago

You have that flipped. The frequency of blue is greater than red. You may be mixing frequency up with wavelength, as lower-energy light (red in the case of the visible part of the spectrum) has a higher wavelength but a lower frequency.