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NASA Acronyms. 2013.
NASA Acronyms. 2013.
Intermediate-mass black hole — An Intermediate mass black hole (IMBH) is a black hole whose mass is significantly more than stellar black holes (a few tens of the mass of the Sun) yet far less than supermassive black holes (a few millions of the mass of the Sun). There is less … Wikipedia
GCIRS 13E — is potentially an intermediate mass black hole (IMBH) with a mass of about 1300 Solar masses orbiting about three light years from the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Its orbital velocity is 280… … Wikipedia
Ultraluminous X-ray source — An ultra luminous X ray source (ULX) is an astronomical source of X rays that is not in the nucleus of a galaxy, and is more luminous than 1039 erg/s (1032 watts), assuming that it radiates isotropically. Typically there is about one ULX per… … Wikipedia
List of astronomy acronyms — This is a compilation of acronyms commonly used in astronomy. Most of the acronyms are drawn from professional astronomy and are used quite frequently in scientific publications. However, a few of these acronyms are frequently used by the general … Wikipedia