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Kelvin Wakes (Minute Physics)

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Regardless of their size, objects moving at the water's surface leave a distinctive V-shaped wake.

In water, waves move at different speeds depending on their wavelength. This is called dispersion.

When you add the many wavelengths and speeds of water waves together, they form that V-shaped wake.

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