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Discovery of a star sensitive to the spin of Sagittarius A* PRIMARY_TEXT
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| Here, we report the discovery of a faint main-sequence star (mK = 19.3), S301, on an 8.7-year orbit and with small enough a pericentre distance, such that th... | normalized — the passage is on the page once typography is folded together |
| Using reasonable assumptions, we estimate that within a decade, there is a fair chance to directly measure the spin of Sgr A* from the S301 orbit. | not found — this server looked at the page and did not find the passage |
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QUOTE {} | Here, we report the discovery of a faint main-sequence star (mK = 19.3), S301, on an 8.7-year orbit and with small enough a pericentre distance, such that the peak velocity of the star reaches 25,000 km s−1. |
QUOTE {} | Using reasonable assumptions, we estimate that within a decade, there is a fair chance to directly measure the spin of Sgr A* from the S301 orbit. |