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Themember4

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Why do astronomers believe that there is a large black hole, around 4 million times the mass of our Sun, in the Galactic center?
 
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All the following statements are true. Which one follows directly from Kepler's third law (p2 = a3)?
 
  A) Venus orbits the Sun at a slower average speed than Mercury.
  B) Venus is more massive than Mercury.
  C) Venus takes longer to rotate than it does to orbit the Sun.
  D) Venus has a thicker atmosphere than Mercury.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
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Observations of the Galactic center show a large amount of energy being produced. Radio observations show a ring of gas with a high rotation speed around the center, showing a very large mass. The structure seen in higher resolution radio observations is peculiar. These observations are consistent with an accretion disk around a supermassive black hole.

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