Hubble law

English

Alternative forms

Hubble's law

Etymology

After Edwin Powell Hubble, American astronomer

Proper noun

(astronomy) states that the velocity at which a distant object is receding from the Earth (as measured by its redshift) is proportional to its distance; observational evidence for an expanding universe

Related terms

Hubble constant

Translations

Translations

French: Loi de Hubble

Italian: legge di Hubble

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