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QSO B0839+187

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QSO B0839+187 (PKS 0839+187) is a quasar that was used to measure the speed of gravity in VLBI experiment conducted by Edward Fomalont and Sergei Kopeikin in September 2002. [1]

11 relations: Cancer (constellation), Comoving and proper distances, Edward Fomalont, Epoch (astronomy), Giga-, Light-year, Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database, Quasar, Sergei Kopeikin, Speed of gravity, Very-long-baseline interferometry.

Cancer (constellation)

Cancer is one of the twelve constellations of the zodiac.

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Comoving and proper distances

In standard cosmology, comoving distance and proper distance are two closely related distance measures used by cosmologists to define distances between objects.

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Edward Fomalont

Edward Fomalont (born May 14, 1940) is an American scientist working at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

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Epoch (astronomy)

In astronomy, an epoch is a moment in time used as a reference point for some time-varying astronomical quantity, such as the celestial coordinates or elliptical orbital elements of a celestial body, because these are subject to perturbations and vary with time.

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Giga-

Giga is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of a (short-form) billion (109 or 000).

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Light-year

The light-year is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances and measures about 9.5 trillion kilometres or 5.9 trillion miles.

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Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database

The Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database (LEDA) was a database of galaxies, created in 1983 at the Lyon Observatory.

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Quasar

A quasar (also known as a QSO or quasi-stellar object) is an extremely luminous active galactic nucleus (AGN).

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Sergei Kopeikin

Sergei Kopeikin (born April 10, 1956) is a USSR-born theoretical physicist presently living and working in the United States, where he holds the position of Professor of Physics at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.

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Speed of gravity

In classical theories of gravitation, the changes in a gravitational field propagate.

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Very-long-baseline interferometry

Very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) is a type of astronomical interferometry used in radio astronomy.

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QSO J0842+1835.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QSO_B0839%2B187

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