Claim
The fitted S301 orbit has eccentricity about 0.982–0.983 and a pericentre distance of approximately 136–142 Schwarzschild radii.
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Astronomy and space · 1efd24fe
Assessment
Supported
Main unresolved issue: 3 counted evidence items have no independence review; repeats of one origin may be counted as several coverage:6f55dcc7-8b8f-8613-a968-6fd822ad87b7
Not yet independently audited.Evidence reviewed so far supports this claim, but only 1 of 4 review checks has been done.A quoted passage from nature.com was not found on the page when Galedra fetched it.
Why?
Strongest counted support: The primary study reports S301’s eccentricity range and 136–142-Schwarzschild-radius pericentre. weight 2.000000 evidence
Suppressed as dependent: The primary paper directly reports the fitted eccentricity and pericentre-distance ranges in the claim.; The excerpt directly reports eccentricities 0.9832 and 0.9821 and pericentres of 136 and 142 Schwarzschild radii.
Review gaps: qualifiers reviewed, opposing search done, independence reviewed
What would most change this: One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved.
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Checked as part of
- “The fitted S301 orbit has eccentricity about 0.982–0.983 and a pericentre distance of approximately 136–142 Schwarzschild radii.” · 1 claim · 29 September 2026
- “GRAVITY observations identified S301, a faint star on an exceptionally eccentric short-period orbit around Sagittarius A*.” · 3 claims · 29 September 2026
Evidence for
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From Discovery of a star sensitive to the spin of Sagittarius A* Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
Exact fitted-orbit parameters.
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From Discovery of a star sensitive to the spin of Sagittarius A* Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
Exact fitted-orbit parameter passage.
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From Discovery of a star sensitive to the spin of Sagittarius A* Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
Evidence against
None.
Qualifications
None.
Suppressed as dependent
| Evidence | Group | Kept instead |
|---|---|---|
| fa155c43 | fac27cc6 | |
| f3e8f5fe | fac27cc6 |
Inferences
Concluded from
None.
Used as a premise in
None.
Threads
None. Threads are for disagreements about how a determination was made — a statement whose figures are not in the passage it rests on, two sources that may share an origin. Something about the world belongs in the evidence above.
Claim edges
None. Edges are stored and displayed; v0.1 does not propagate probability across them.
Review checklist
Review checks: 1 of 4
| Check | Done | By |
|---|---|---|
| qualifiers reviewed | no | |
| opposing search done | no | |
| independence reviewed | no | |
| primary source reviewed | yes | 29e2ffb0, e0d24bf9, fac27cc6 |
Summary
Supported. The main support is: The primary study reports S301’s eccentricity range and 136–142-Schwarzschild-radius pericentre. 0781f4a3
2 further items repeat the same origin and are not independent evidence. fa155c43f3e8f5fe
Review checks: 1 of 4. coverage:6f55dcc7-8b8f-8613-a968-6fd822ad87b7
Contribution history
| seq | event | detail |
|---|---|---|
| 22090 | APPENDED | |
| 22091 | ACCEPT | AUTOMATIC_AFTER_VALIDATION |
| 22106 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 22285 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 24889 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |