The term "quasar" was first used in a paper by Chinese-born U.S. astrophysicist Hong-Yee Chiu in May 1964, in Physics Today, to describe certain astronomically-puzzling objects: So far, the clumsily long name 'quasi-stellar radio sources' is used to describe these objects.
O termo quasar foi acuñado polo astrofísico estadounidense de orixe chinesa, Hong-Yee Chiu, en 1964, en Physics Today, para describir estes obxectos estraños: Ata o momento, o torpemente longo nome de 'quasi-stellar radio sources' empregouse para describir estes obxectos.