Hubble constant

English

Alternative forms

• Hubble's constant

Etymology

After Edwin Powell Hubble, American astronomer

Proper noun

Hubble constant

1. (astronomy) A number that expresses the rate of expansion of the universe; the velocity at which a distant object is receding from the Earth divided by its distance; its reciprocal determines the age of the universe.

Related terms

• Hubble law

Translations

number

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: зако́н на Хъ́бъл m (zakón na Hǎ́bǎl)
• Catalan: constant de Hubble m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈勃定律 (hābó dìnglǜ), 哈勃常數／哈勃常数 (hābó chángshù)

• Czech: Hubbleova konstanta
• Dutch: wet van Hubble
• Estonian: Hubble'i seadus
• Finnish: Hubblen vakio
• French: loi de Hubble
• German: Hubble-Konstante f
• Hebrew: קבוע האבל (kavúa Hábl)
• Hungarian: Hubble-törvény
• Ido: konstanto di Hubble
• Indonesian: hukum Hubble
• Italian: legge di Hubble
• Japanese: ハッブルの法則 (Habburu no hōsoku)
• Norwegian: Hubbles lov
• Polish: prawo Hubble'a n
• Portuguese: constante de Hubble f
• Russian: зако́н Ха́ббла m (zakón Xábbla)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: Hubbleov zakon

• Slovak: Hubblova konštanta
• Slovene: Hubblov zakon
• Spanish: ley de Hubble f
• Swedish: Hubbles lag