quasistar
See also: quasi-star
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
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.
Synonyms
black hole star
Coordinate terms
black hole star
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