Stars orbiting Sgr. A. by FELIPE ALVAREZ https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4 by Felipe Alvarez en-us 2020-03-06 14:05:54 UTC 2025-12-01 21:05:32 UTC hello@padlet.com Stars orbiting the Milky Way's black hole. 1912043 https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4/wish/456851152 by Felipe Alvarez]]> 2020-03-09 12:58:12 UTC https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4/wish/456851152 This is the orbit of a star around Sgr. A. 1912043 https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4/wish/456855486 The cross in the center represents the center of the black hole.]]> 2020-03-09 13:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4/wish/456855486 1912043 https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4/wish/456856868 2020-03-09 13:06:43 UTC https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4/wish/456856868 What do we know? 1912043 https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4/wish/457556408 2020-03-10 13:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4/wish/457556408 1912043 https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4/wish/457556972
  • Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole in the center of our Milky way. 

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  • It has been named Sgr. A. 

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  • Formed when  giant stars collapsed

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  • Has a mass of 4 million suns
    • ]]>     2020-03-11 12:45:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4/wish/458310099     How did we find this information? 1912043 https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4/wish/458315358 2020-03-11 12:52:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4/wish/458315358 1912043 https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4/wish/458316022 Sgr. A. was found by using telescopes to look for the stars around it.]]> 2020-03-11 12:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4/wish/458316022 1912043 https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4/wish/458316968 It's mass was found by calculating the speeds the stars were traveling at around Sgr. A.]]> 2020-03-11 12:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4/wish/458316968 What is S2? 1912043 https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4/wish/459109036 2020-03-12 12:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4/wish/459109036 1912043 https://padlet.com/1912043/h49wgrox5dm4/wish/459914306
  •  a star orbiting Sgr. A
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  • The fastest moving star orbiting Sgr. A.-up to 3% the speed of light!
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  • Has the mass 15 times the mass of the sun.
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  • has the most elliptical orbit of any star orbiting Sgr. A.
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