Hypercompact stellar system
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Hypercompact stellar system
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A hypercompact stellar system (HCSS) is a dense cluster of stars around a supermassive black hole that has been ejected from the center of its host galaxy. Stars that are close to the black hole at the time of the ejection will remain bound to the black hole after it leaves the galaxy, forming the HCSS. The term "hypercompact" refers to the fact HCSSs are small in size compared with ordinary star clusters of similar luminosity. This is because the gravitational force from the supermassive black
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercompact_stellar_system
date created:
2009-07-15T12:44:33Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T10:06:19Z
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