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Hubble's Law for a comet path
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Every distant galaxy recedes at a velocity proportional to its distance: v = H₀·d. This uniform expansion is the same seen from any galaxy — there is no center. The inverse of H₀ gives the Hubble time, a rough estimate of the age of the universe.
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H₀70 km/s/Mpc
Hubble time14.0 Gyr
v at 100 Mpc7,000 km/s
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Reading this result: Right in the Hubble-tension zone: this H₀ gives a Hubble time of 14.0 Gyr, close to the measured 13.8-Gyr age of the universe.
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