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> That has to be at least partially it

No, not at all. The wavelength of the light is about 1,500 times larger than the atom emitting it. So the atom would need to move at least 1,500 diameters to make any difference in the light.

It doesn't move that much.




> It doesn't move that much.

Source?





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