Lemaître首先发现了哈博定律

The linear redshift-distance relationship: Lemaître beats Hubble by two years

 

Lemaître在1927年的一篇法文论文中首先从理论和观测上同时给出距离-红移关系,比Hubble1929年的结果早了两年。

 

Authors:
M.J. Way (NASA/GISS),
Harry Nussbaumer (ETH, Switzerland)

Abstract: Edwin Hubble is often credited with discovering the expanding Universe based
on spectra taken by him. There are several errors in this statement and we feel
that it is the responsibility of those who are aware of the historical facts to
set the record straight.

Comments: 3 page letter submitted to Physics Today
Subjects: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph); Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
Cite as: arXiv:1104.3031v1 [physics.hist-ph]