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TROU NOIR SUPER MASSIF [1 record]

Record 1 2022-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
CONT

On a larger scale, supermassive black holes have a mass of more than one million suns, and so must develop and grow very differently than stellar black holes. According to observations of intense gravitational attraction and energy in the center of galaxies ... there is evidence for supermassive black holes at the heart of nearly all large galaxies, including our Milky Way.

Key term(s)
  • super massive black hole

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
DEF

Trou noir dont la masse est de l'ordre de plusieurs millions, voire de plusieurs milliards de fois celle du Soleil.

CONT

Les trous noirs supermassifs sont des trous noirs géants qui ne proviennent pas de l'effondrement d'une étoile et dont les masses vont d'environ un million à plusieurs milliards de masses solaires.

OBS

trou noir supermassif : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 4 juin 2019.

Key term(s)
  • trou noir super massif

Spanish

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