quasistar
See also: quasi-star
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Noun
quasistar (plural quasistars)
- (astronomy, cosmology) A theoretical early universe object, with the outer layers of a star and a black hole for a stellar core. Theorized to be born of an ultramassive pre-stellar nebula collapse to an ultramassive protostar, and later birthing an intermediate mass black hole when the star's life ends.
Related terms
- QSO
- QSR
- quasar
- quasistellar
- quasi-stellar
- quasi-stellar object
- quasistellar object
- quasistellar radio source
- quasi-stellar radio-source
- quasistellar radio-source
- quasi-stellar radio source
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