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twenty-one centimeter radiation
The common name given to radio waves emitted at 1,420 megahertz as the result of the "flipping over" of the electron in a hydrogen atom in order to oppose the spin direction of the central proton.
The radiation is an example of line emission.
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
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