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Author Question: Why might we suspect that a black hole in a binary system could emit X-rays? What will be an ... (Read 50 times)

FButt

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on: Jul 27, 2018
Why might we suspect that a black hole in a binary system could emit X-rays?
 
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Why would parallaxes be easier to observe if Earth were farther from the Sun?
 
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micaelaswann

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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

If matter flows into a black hole, it will whirl through an accretion disk and become hot enough to emit X-rays before it reaches the event horizon.

Answer to Question 2

Then the baseline of the triangle would be larger, and the parallax angle would be greater.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Gracias!

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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