In Order to Use Hubble's Law to Find the Distance

question 39

Multiple Choice

In order to use Hubble's law to find the distance to a galaxy, astronomers need to measure that galaxy's

• A) radius.
• B) rotational velocity.
• C) mass.
• D) peculiar velocity.
• E) redshift.

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