An organist on earth is playing Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, which is being broadcast by a powerful radio antenna. Travelers in a spaceship moving at speed v =(3/5)c away from the earth are listening in. In what key do they hear the music?

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An organist on earth is playing Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, which is being broadcast by a powerful radio antenna. Travelers in a spaceship moving at speed v =(3/5)c away from the earth are listening in. In what key do they hear the music?
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