Fluorescent material having a composition of rare earth aluminum-gallate

A light emitting device comprising a light emitting element having a light emission peak wavelength in a wavelength range of 400 nm or more and 480 nm or less and a fluorescent material comprising a rare earth aluminate, the fluorescent material comprising:

• two kinds of rare earth elements Ln1 and Ln2;
• Ce;
• and
• Nd, wherein
• the rare earth element Ln1 is Y,
• the rare earth element Ln2 is Gd,
• when a total molar ratio 5 of Al is used as a basis, a total molar ratio of Ln1, Ln2, Ce, and Nd is 3,
• a molar ratio of the rare earth element Ln2 is a product of 3 and a parameter w;
• a molar ratio of Ce is a product of 3 and a parameter x,
• a molar ratio of Nd is a product of 3 and a parameter y,
• the parameter w is in a range of 0.03 or more and 0.3904 or less,
• the parameter x is in a range of 0.003 or more and 0.015 or less,
• the parameter y is in a range of 0.002 or more and 0.030 or less, and
• the fluorescent material has a maximum peak of a light emission spectrum in a near-infrared wavelength region of 780 nm to 1,600 nm.