> I have a question. I recently got into an argument with a fellow
> co-worker about it. here goes
>
> If you take a satellite which travels away from Earth at a constant
> velocity, attach a radio beacon to it which send out a "BEEP" every
> second, would the beeps received on Earth become farther and farther
> apart as the satellite got farther and farther away?
> BillP
>
Oh, I get it now... the beeps would become farther apart *ONLY* if the
sattelite was ACCELERATING away from the earth (that's basic doppler
theory right there). You know how a car traveling towards you increases in
pitch and then decreases as it passes away from you? Same thing there.
However, if the sattelite is moving at a CONSTANT velocity, as you said,
then no - the frequency of the wave will remain constant.