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A comment on the ARP QSO's

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Statistical arguments for the reality of physical associations between a class of QSO's and certain peculiar galaxies are now sufficiently convincing to require an explanation for the nature of the associations. If the associations are indeed real, the objects were probably liberated by tidal encounters between galaxies, rather than by explosive ejection.

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  1. R. E. Wilson

    Present address: Dept of Astronomy, University of Florida, USA

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  1. Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, West Germany

    R. E. Wilson

  2. Dept of Astronomy, University of Florida, USA

    S. T. Gottesman

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Wilson, R.E., Gottesman, S.T. A comment on the ARP QSO's. Astrophys Space Sci 70, 531–532 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00639579

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