Multiple Choice
Which statement about stellar motion is incorrect?
A) Proper motion is measured in intervals of six months.
B) The space velocity can be found from the radial and transverse velocities.
C) You must also know the parallax to get the transverse velocity.
D) Radial velocity is measured by the Doppler shifts of the spectral lines.
E) The closer stars usually show larger proper motions.
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