A Relation between Distance and Radial Velocity among Extra-Galactic Nebulae

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"A Relation between Distance and Radial Velocity among Extra-Galactic Nebulae" is Edwin Hubble’s landmark 1929 paper that established the linear relationship between galaxies’ distances and their recessional velocities, providing the first strong evidence for the expanding universe.


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100-inch Hooker Telescope ("Hubble–Humason velocity–distance relation")
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Lemaître–Hubble law ("Hubble’s 1929 velocity–distance relation")
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Edwin Hubble
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