Astronomers Can Estimate Distances to the Galaxies in the Figure

question 44

Multiple Choice

Astronomers can estimate distances to the galaxies in the figure below because of

• A) the expansion of the universe.
• B) our location at the center of the universe.
• C) dark matter.
• D) peculiar velocities.
• E) gravitational redshift.

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