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Hubble-Lemaître law Flashcards

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What did Edwin Hubble discover?

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further away a galaxy was the faster it was moving away from us this suggest the universe is expanding

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Hubble’s Law?

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recessional velocity of distant galaxies is directly proportional to their distance from us

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What is one light year?

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9.46x10^15m

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What does the law allow us to do?

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estimate the age of the universe

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