Hubble's Law and the Big Bang Theory
 

Hubble's Law and the Big Bang Theory problem 5


  • State Hubble’s law. Identify any symbols that you use.


  • A star of luminosity is a distance of from the Earth. The star is in a distant galaxy. A spectral line in the light from this galaxy is known to have a wavelength of . This spectral line in the light from the galaxy observed on the Earth has a wavelength of .


    • Explain why the wavelength observed on the Earth is different from the wavelength that the galaxy is known to have emitted.


    • Determine a value for the Hubble constant .


 

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