# The accelerations of stars orbiting the Milky Way's central black hole

@article{Ghez2000TheAO,
title={The accelerations of stars orbiting the Milky Way's central black hole},
author={Andrea M. Ghez and Mark R. Morris and Eric Edward Becklin and Angelle Tanner and Ted Kremenek},
journal={Nature},
year={2000},
volume={407},
pages={349-351}
}
• Published 21 September 2000
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Recent measurements of the velocities of stars near the centre of the Milky Way have provided the strongest evidence for the presence of a supermassive black hole in a galaxy, but the observational uncertainties poorly constrain many of the black hole's properties. Determining the accelerations of stars in their orbits around the centre provides much more precise information about the position and mass of the black hole. Here we report measurements of the accelerations of three stars located ∼0…
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