Department of Physics, University of Maryland, Fall 2007, Prof. T. Jacobson

Phys675

Introduction to
Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology

Simulated view of a black hole in front of the Milky Way.
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Simulated view of a black hole in front of the Milky Way.
The hole has 10 solar masses and is viewed from a
distance of 600 km. An acceleration of about 400 million

g is necessary to sustain this distance constantly.
(spacetimetravel.org/expeditionsl/expeditionsl.html)