Stellar Orbits around the Galactic Center Black Hole
@article{Ghez2005StellarOA, title={Stellar Orbits around the Galactic Center Black Hole}, author={Andrea M. Ghez and Samir Salim and Seth D. Hornstein and Angelle Tanner and J. R. Lu and Mark R. Morris and Eric Edward Becklin and Gaspard Duch{\^e}ne}, journal={The Astrophysical Journal}, year={2005}, volume={620}, pages={744-757} }
Wepresentnew diffraction-limitedimagesoftheGalacticcenter, obtainedwith theW.M.KeckI10mtelescope. Within0B4oftheGalaxy’scentraldarkmass,17proper-motionstars,withKmagnitudesrangingfrom 14.0to16.8, areidentified,and10ofthesearenewdetections(sixwerealsoindependentlydiscoveredbyothers).Inthissample, three newly identified (S0-16, S0-19, and S0-20) and four previously known (S0-1, S0-2, S0-4, and S0-5) sources have measured proper motions that reveal orbital solutions. Orbits are derived…
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