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Hubble law comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
cosmology theory	astronomy theory
Hubble law	cosmology theory	A relation which states that recessional speed is proportional to distance for a homogeneous and isotropic universe. Galaxies moving away from us with a speed precisely following this relation are said to follow the Hubble flow. Because the actual universe is not precisely homogeneous, with lumpiness arising from clustering of galaxies and voids of empty space, the motions of actual galaxies deviate somewhat from the Hubble flow.

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