critical density Comparison Table

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critical density comparison table

Subject is a kind of has definition

density quantity An object's mass divided by its volume. Cotton has a low density; lead has a high density. Red giants have a low density; white dwarfs have a high density.

critical density density If the cosmological constant is assumed to vanish, then the critical mass density is that density which puts the universe just on the border between eternal expansion (open universe) and eventual collapse (closed universe).

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
density	quantity	An object's mass divided by its volume. Cotton has a low density; lead has a high density. Red giants have a low density; white dwarfs have a high density.
critical density	density	If the cosmological constant is assumed to vanish, then the critical mass density is that density which puts the universe just on the border between eternal expansion (open universe) and eventual collapse (closed universe).

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