Where does the name quasar come from?
A) It comes from quasarium, the name given to the new element that was identified with the spectral lines before these were recognized as hydrogen with a very large redshift.
B) It is a contraction of "quasistellar radio source."
C) It is a contraction of "quantum pulsar," the original name.
D) It comes from Alfred
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Q1: One of the three astronomical objects that
Q3: The major surprise about Cygnus A, one
Q4: All quasars appear to be:
A)moving in random
Q5: The typical optical spectrum of a quasar
Q6: Astronomers initially had difficulty identifying the emission
Q7: The emission lines in quasar spectra were
Q8: What is believed to be the status
Q9: The unusual feature that was noted in
Q10: Active galactic nuclei (AGN) include a variety
Q11: The recessional velocity of a distant quasar
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