Stars move crazy fast around our supermassive black hole. #Cosmoknowledge #Space #Science #blackhole

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Date: July 3, 2025

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  1. The stars S4714 and S62 are two stars that get significantly closer to Sagittarius A than S2 plus S4714 reaches speeds of 8% the speed of light about 15,000 miles per second.
    S2 reaches a closest approach (pericenter) of about 120 AU.
    S62 gets in to about 17.8 AU, which is over six times closer than S2.
    S4714 gets the closest, reaching only about 12.6 AU, making it nearly ten times closer than S2.

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