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What is Hubble constant

Hubble constant: H0 (E.P. Hubble; 1925): The constant that determines the relationship among the distance to a galaxy and its velocity of recession due to the growth of the Universe. As the Universe is self-gravitating, it is not truthfully constant. In cosmology, it is stated as

H = (da/dt)/a,

Here a is the 4-radius of the Universe. Whenever computed for the present, it is written as:

H0 == H (t = now)

The Hubble constant is not acknowledged to great accuracy (only in about a factor of 2), however is believed to lie someplace between 50 and 100 km/s/Mpc.

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