Speed of galaxy from distance to galaxy¶
Hubble’s Law is a cosmological law describing the expansion of the universe, according to which the recessional speed of a galaxy is proportional to the distance to it from the observer.
Notation:
\(H\) (
H
) ishubble_constant
.
Links:
- recessional_speed¶
Recessional
speed
of the galaxy, i.e. the speed at which it moves away from the observer.- Symbol:
v
- Latex:
\(v\)
- Dimension:
velocity
- distance¶
Proper
euclidean_distance
between the observer and the galaxy.- Symbol:
d
- Latex:
\(d\)
- Dimension:
length
- law¶
v = H * d
- Latex:
- \[v = H d\]