Multiple Choice
The Andromeda spiral galaxy is almost edge-on to us. Astronomers have detected the orbital motion of this and other such galaxies' disk material by
A) using Hubble's law.
B) the big bang theory of 3-Kelvin radiation.
C) the steady state theory.
D) measuring Doppler shifts of different parts of the disk.
E) watching the stars travel around the nucleus back to where they started.
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