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Firstly I would like to point out that I have seen several answers on the stack community similar to my question, however, I feel I haven't understood it quite yet

Doppler effect in light only depends on the relative motion of the light-emitting source and the receiving body, therefore there's symmetry (speed of source/receiver very less compare to the speed of light). But this isn't the case when dealing with sound. It turns out the asymmetry has something to do with medium.

My question is: In what way is the medium actually affecting the apparent frequencies and wavelengths?

now based on my little google research the two phenomena aren't physically equivalent (1.source stationary and observer moving, 2. source moving and observer stationary)

I honestly don't understand the role of the medium in doppler' effect ,could anyone provide a detailed explanation

**all answers are welcomed and please suggest edits if any **

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