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Indian Astronomers and Their Role in Galaxy Distance Measurements: A Quiz
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Which Indian astronomer played a significant role in developing the Tully-Fisher relation, a method for estimating the distance to galaxies?
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Jayant Narlikar
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Jayant Narlikar, an Indian astrophysicist, collaborated with R. Brent Tully to develop the Tully-Fisher relation, which relates the luminosity of a spiral galaxy to its rotation speed, providing a means to estimate its distance.