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3C273 Activity: Faster Than a Speeding Bullet...
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This activity from Chandra Education shows how to calculate the velocity of the energetic jet coming from quasar 3C 273. The page includes full solutions and explanations of the observed phenomena. This is the last activity in a set of six developed by Chandra about 3C 273.
http://xray1.physics.rutgers.edu/3c273/bullet.html
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- Cosmic Time and Distance
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Keywords:
quasar, velocity
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Metadata instance created February 8, 2011 by Raina Khatri
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August 10, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, 2008), WWW Document, (http://xray1.physics.rutgers.edu/3c273/bullet.html).
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3C273 Activity: Faster Than a Speeding Bullet... (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, 2008), <http://xray1.physics.rutgers.edu/3c273/bullet.html>.
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3C273 Activity: Faster Than a Speeding Bullet.... (2008, March 21). Retrieved May 1, 2025, from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: http://xray1.physics.rutgers.edu/3c273/bullet.html
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Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. 3C273 Activity: Faster Than a Speeding Bullet.... Cambridge: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, March 21, 2008. http://xray1.physics.rutgers.edu/3c273/bullet.html (accessed 1 May 2025).
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3C273 Activity: Faster Than a Speeding Bullet.... Cambridge: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 2008. 21 Mar. 2008. 1 May 2025 <http://xray1.physics.rutgers.edu/3c273/bullet.html>.
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@misc{ Title = {3C273 Activity: Faster Than a Speeding Bullet...}, Publisher = {Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {1 May 2025}, Month = {March 21, 2008}, Year = {2008} }
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