Re: Two questions


"CeeBee" <ceebeechester@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Bjoern Feuerbacher <feuerbac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> sci.astro:
>
>
> > The Hubble parameter is about 72 km/s/Mpc, which is equal to
> > about 2.3 * 10^(-18) 1/s. H is the relative expansion rate,
> > i.e. Rdot/R. If we assumed this for the Earth, we get about
> > Rdot = 1.5 * 10^(-14) km/s (with R = 6380 km), i.e. in
> > 1 million years, R would increase by about 0.47 km. Not that
> > much...
>
>
> Is that so?

No it isn't so, but the OP asked 'If. . . . ' and Bjoern answered on
that basis.


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