Describe the radial velocity curve. What is its shape? What is its amplitude? What is the orbital period?

The radial velocity curve describes how fast a star is moving in its orbit around a center of mass ( m )

Curve amplitude : This is the maximum value of the radial velocity curve

Radial velocity shape ; The shape of Radial velocity curve is parabolic in nature

Orbital period : Orbital period is the time taken by the star  to make one complete rotation in its orbit

Explanation:

The radial velocity curve describes how fast a star is moving in its orbit around a center of mass ( m ) while Curve amplitude  is the maximum value of the radial velocity curve also The shape of Radial velocity curve is parabolic in nature. and  Orbital period is the time taken by the star  to make one complete rotation in its orbit

since the atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus, as we move to the left on the periodic table, the electrostatic pull between the nucleus and the valence electron shell decreases. as we move down a group (vertical column), the valence shell energy level gets further and further from the nucleus.