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Re: Hubble's Constant

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  • Subject: [mg92908] Re: Hubble's Constant
  • From: John Doty <jpd at whispertel.LoseTheH.net>
  • Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:24:29 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <gd9lke$ejf$1@smc.vnet.net>

Kevin J. McCann wrote:
> I am using the PhysicalConstants and Units packages. Hubble's constant 
> yields
> 
> HubbleConstant
> 
> 3.2 x 10^-18/Second
> 
> however
> 
> Convert[HubbleConstant, (Kilo Meter/Second)/(Mega Parsec)]
> 
> gives 98.7424 Kilo Meter/(Mega Parsec Second)

Needs updating.

> 
> The accepted value is 70 km/s/Mpc. Am I missing something?

Only a little history. Tells you which gang of cosmologists had 
Wolfram's ear back in the days of the 50 versus 100 turf wars.

> 
> Kevin
> 


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