Look up: hubble

1. Hubble
   [n] - United States astronomer who discovered that (as the universe expands) the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance (1889-1953)
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2. hubble
   the law of physics that states that the farther a galaxy is from us, the faster it is moving away from us Category: The cosmos • distance that defines our observable universe (4x10 26 meters , i.e.42 billion light-years) away Category: The cosmos
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3. hubble
   a unit of distance sometimes used in astronomy. The hubble is a gigantic unit, equal to 10⁹ light years. This is 9.4605 x 10²¹ kilometers (9.4605 yottameters, if you please), 5.8785 sextillion miles (U.S.), 63.240 x 10¹² astronomical units, or 306.595 megaparsecs. In practice, mos...
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4. Hubble
   (crater) `Hubble` is a lunar crater that lies very near the east-northeastern limb of the Moon. At this location it is viewed almost from the side from Earth, and the visibility of this feature is affected by libration. It lies to the north of the Mare Marginis and northeast of the crater Can...
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