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A star in a 15.2-year orbit around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way

R. Schödel, Thomas Ott, R. Genzel, R. Hofmann, M. D. Lehnert, A. Eckart, N. Mouawad, Tal Alexander, M. J. Reid, R. Lenzen,

Nature · 2002 · 1.2K citations · 24 references

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Inward Bound—The Search for Supermassive Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei

John Kormendy, D. O. Richstone · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 1995 · 2.6K citations

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High Proper‐Motion Stars in the Vicinity of Sagittarius A*: Evidence for a Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy

A. M. Ghez, B. Klein, M. Morris et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 1998 · 774 citations · Full text

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Rapid X-ray flaring from the direction of the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Centre

Frederick K. Baganoff, M. W. Bautz, W. N. Brandt et al. · Nature · 2001 · 644 citations · Full text

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

A. M. Ghez, M. Morris, E. E. Becklin et al. · Nature · 2000 · 457 citations · Full text

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Observations of stellar proper motions near the Galactic Centre

A. Eckart, R. Genzel · Nature · 1996 · 439 citations

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