Galactic Recession
Hubbles Law
Hubble's Constant
Raisin Pudding
Activity Lab
Galactic Recession
Galactic Redshifts
Exam
Why are the data points not all exactly on the line?
This is because all galaxies have some additional residual motion in addition to the pure expansion.
This is referred to as the "cosmic velocity dispersion" or "cosmic scatter" and is probably
due to the fact that the gas clouds that formed the galaxies all had some small additional
motion of their own.
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