For Which Objects in the Universe Has the Hubble Relation

question 104

Multiple Choice

For which objects in the universe has the Hubble relation been shown to hold experimentally?

• A) Only stars in the near neighborhood of the Sun,in our Galaxy
• B) Distant galaxies only
• C) Galaxies in the Local Group,in the near vicinity of the Milky Way
• D) All objects in the universe,from planets and stars out to the farthest galaxies

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