In Cosmology,the Constant That Is Intimately Related to the Present

question 108

Multiple Choice

In cosmology,the constant that is intimately related to the present "age" of the universe is

• A) 1/G,the inverse of the universal gravitational constant.
• B) 1/H₀,the inverse of the constant in Hubble's universal expansion law.
• C) The constant in Wien's law of radiation,representing the redness of a spectrum for a certain temperature.
• D) The inverse of 10^-43 s,the Planck time at which space and time came into existence

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