Abstract
A new cosmological model makes the following predictions: (1) The deceleration parameter
q
0
is approximately zero. (2) The mass density parameter
Ω
m
is less than 1. (3) The universe is spatially closed, but is asymptotically flat as
t→∞
, regardless of its matter content. (4) The age of the universe is approximately 15 Gyr if the Hubble parameter
h
is approximately 0.65.