Evidence for a Steady-State Universe

A simple gravitational alternative to the Hubble-Lemaitre Law is presented. Measured redshifts are attributed to gravitation rather than recessional velocity. The measured redshift-distance data fits a gravitational potential with constant mass. Redshift is then a measure of the gravitational potential and the space-time curvature of the early universe. The redshift-distance data is fitted to a constant mass of 3.8 × 1053 kg (1.8 × 1023 Msol) which is 2.4 times the estimated total mass of ordinary matter in the current universe. The expanding and accelerating universe is not predicted and the speculation of dark energy is no longer required.