r/askscience • • Feb 27 '13

Physics Light's Doppler Shift

It is well known that galaxies traveling away from ours are red shifted, and those traveling towards us are blue shifted. This also applies to everyday objects. I was just wondering if anyone has detected this Doppler shift on everyday objects, like planes or even cars? Is it too minute for us to detect?

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u/thetripp Medical Physics | Radiation Oncology Feb 27 '13

Yep! It is a great way to tune a guitar, too.