A galaxy is observed receding from Earth with a speed of 2800 km/s
If the Hubble constant is 22 km/s per million light-years, estimate how many years ago the light that we presently see from the galaxy actually left the galaxy. (c = 3.00 × 108 m/s, 1 ly = 9.461 × 1015 m, 1 y = 3.156 × 107 s)
A) 1.4 × 107 y B) 4.2 × 107 y C) 4.2 × 108 y D) 4.2 × 106 y E) 1.3 × 108 y
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Harlow Shapley used observations of globular clusters to determine the position of the center of the galaxy
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The planet Jupiter is about 300 times as massive as Earth, yet on its surface you would weigh only about 3 times as much because
A) your mass is 100 times less on Jupiter. B) Jupiter is significantly farther from the Sun. C) Jupiter's radius is 10 times Earth's radius. D) you are 100 times more weightless there. E) none of the above