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? asked in Science & MathematicsPhysics · 2 years ago

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Stephan Hawkins worked extensively with theoretical gravitational physics. He is well known for his work with black holes. He passed on March 14th, 2018. It has been observed that a certain star (S2) in the Sagittarius A* (meaning in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius) is orbiting a supermassive black hole. If the period of S2 is 16year and the distance between the two is 1.79e13m. What is the mass of this black hole?

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  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Stephan Hawkins

    should be

    Stephen Hawking

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