Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
DOI
10.1119/1.4933162
Publication Title
The Physics Teacher
Volume
53
Issue
8
Pages
507-507
Abstract
One piece of evidence that the center of our galaxy contains a super-massive black hole came from measuring the speed of a star orbiting that black hole. What is the maximum speed of that star?
If instead of carrying their gas in fuel tanks, cars “slurped up” a stream of gas as they drove, how thick a stream of gas would each car need?
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Weinstein, L. (2015). Question 1: Star speeds; Question 2: Slurping gasoline. The Physics Teacher, 53(8), 507-507. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4933162
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Original Publication Citation
Weinstein, L. (2015). Question 1: Star speeds; Question 2: Slurping gasoline. The Physics Teacher, 53(8), 507-507. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4933162
ORCID
0000-0001-5416-2900 (Weinstein)
Repository Citation
Weinstein, Larry, "Question 1: Star Speeds; Question 2: Slurping gasoline" (2015). Physics Faculty Publications. 1023.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/physics_fac_pubs/1023
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