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The Supermassive Black Hole Candidate in the Center of the Galaxy

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The supermassive black hole candidate in the center of the galaxy NGC 4261 is estimated to have a mass of 1.2 * 109 MSun. What is the Schwarzschild radius of this black hole?


A) 1.6* 109 meters, a little larger than the Sun
B) 24 au, a little larger than Jupiter's orbit
C) 0.95 pc, more than half the distance to the nearest star
D) 1600 pc, about one-tenth of the way across the Milky Way Galaxy

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