SS433

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Alternate Names

K16

Type

Stellar mass

Location

in the constellation Aquarius

Distance

16,000 light-years

Mass

16 times the mass of the Sun

Size

Diameter roughly 60 miles (96 km)

Discovery Methods

• Detection of an accretion disk
• Measuring the motions of a companion star

A series of images made with radio telescopes shows blobs of material shooting outward in the SS433 jets. [NRAO/AUI/NSF/Mioduszewski et al.]

This document was last modified: June 5, 2007.