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Galaxy Peculiar Velocities Are Typically About 300 Km/s

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Galaxy peculiar velocities are typically about 300 km/s.How far away do you have to look in order to see recessional velocities that are 10 times this peculiar velocity? Note that the Hubble constant has a value of 70 km/s/Mpc.


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