What Are Peculiar Velocities

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Multiple Choice

What are peculiar velocities?

• A)velocities perpendicular to our line of sight
• B)velocities directly along our line of sight
• C)velocities that we cannot explain by only the force of gravity
• D)velocities caused by the expansion of the universe
• E)velocities of distant objects that are not caused by the expansion of the universe

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