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When you talk about astronomical objects, it is usually more appropriate to talk about their mass, not their weight.
A quasar is powered by a supermassive black hole; those have a mass of millions or billions times the mass of our Sun.
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∙ 14y agoExcellent question, and the answer is "We don't know, but it varies". We're not even sure what a "quasi-stellar radio source", the full name for "quasar", really is.
The current belief, based on our current understanding of stellar physics, is that a quasar is the region around a super-massive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy. As matter is accelerated to near lightspeed by falling into the black hole, it interacts with other matter and emits X-rays and strong gamma rays.
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∙ 14y agoA quasar is currently believed to be caused by the supermassive black hole which exists in the centers of galaxies. Those black holes have masses of millions, or even billions, times the mass of our Sun - depending on the size of the galaxy. Larger galaxies have larger central black holes.
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Are quasars black holes?
A quasi-stellar radio source (quasar) is a powerfully energetic and distant galaxy with an active galactic nucleus which most probably houses a supermassive black hole.Not quite. A quasar is believed to be a disk of superheated matter that is about to fall into a supermassive black hole.
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Is a quasar heavy?
A quasar is basically a black hole and a black hole is caused by a point so dense that it rips spacetime. Since the density is so immense it therefore implies that the mass of the point is equally great since density = mass/volume. Thus, the point which causes a quasar is extremely heavy.
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It is not.
When was Twin Quasar created?
Twin Quasar was created in 1979.
Quasar in a sentence?
Astronomers have detected a quasar in a distant galaxy.
When was Quasar Padamsee born?
Quasar Padamsee was born in 1978.
What is evidence that a quasar is distant?
a large redshift in the spectrum of the quasar.
What is a binary quasar?
A binary quasar is a pair of quasars which gravitationally interact with each other, unlike a standard double quasar, which does not interact.
What space word starts with q?
quasar, are you doing this for homework :D
When was Quasar - Wendell Vaughn - created?
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What is the meaning of quasar?
Quasi-stellar radio source.See related for information about a quasar
What is a length of a quasar?
The diameter of a quasar is a few light-hours or a few light-days. A quasar consists of the immediate surroundings of a supermassive black hole.
Quasar?
Dangerous
