True. But it's amusing that six years elapsed from the coining of "quasar" to that journal's usage of it. The full paragraph:
The next year [in 1964], American astrophysicist Hong-Yee Chiu called these objects quasars, a term that initially made a bigger hit with the public than with his peers. Only in 1970—well after the introduction of Quasar televisions—did a leading astronomical publication allow the word: “The Astrophysical Journal has up till now not recognized the term ‘quasar’; and it regrets that it must now concede,” the editor lamented.
The editor, by the way, was Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, who later won a Nobel Prize.
The next year [in 1964], American astrophysicist Hong-Yee Chiu called these objects quasars, a term that initially made a bigger hit with the public than with his peers. Only in 1970—well after the introduction of Quasar televisions—did a leading astronomical publication allow the word: “The Astrophysical Journal has up till now not recognized the term ‘quasar’; and it regrets that it must now concede,” the editor lamented.
The editor, by the way, was Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, who later won a Nobel Prize.
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