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Who described the shift in observed wave frequency due to relative motion in 1842?
ABuys Ballot
BLord Rayleigh
CMichael Faraday
DChristian Doppler
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Christian Doppler
The effect is named after the physicist Christian Doppler, who described it in 1842.
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