Suppose you want to know the chemical composition of a distant star. Which piece of information is most useful to you?
A) the Doppler shift of the star's spectrum
B) the wavelengths of spectral lines in the star's spectrum
C) whether the star's spectrum has more emission lines or more absorption lines
D) the peak energy of the star's thermal radiation
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