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Chapter 15, Figure 20
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15.20
Emission
of radio waves by spinning molecules in cold interstellar clouds. Collisions
set the molecules spinning. hen their rotation speed changes, they emit radio
waves. The wavelength emitted depends on the kind of molecule and by how much
its rotation speed changes.
