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Old 19-June-2006, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by lyndonashmore
[Snip!] The Hubble constant has units of "per sec'. It ain't a velocity at all. [Snip!]
It "ain't" a constant either. It is defined as the logarithmic derivative of the expansion factor a(t). In other words, H(t) = d(ln a(t))/dt = (da(t)/dt)/a(t).
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