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   David Solimano to All   
   Re: big and small black holes   
   28 Jun 17 22:54:11   
   
   From: david@solimano.org   
      
   On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 15:10:56 -0400, RS Wood    
   wrote:   
      
   >https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/27/where_are_intermediate   
   mass_black_holes/   
   >   
   > . . .   
      
   >    Stellar mass black holes born from supernovae, which are a few to   
   >several tens of solar masses. Monstrous supermassive black holes with   
   >masses equivalent to millions of solar masses, which sit at the center   
   >of galaxies.   
      
   I was just around someone talking about how the black hole at the   
   center of the galaxy wasn't that big, in terms of diameter.  Wikipedia   
   suggests the best estimate is 41 light seconds, or about 0.08 AU.   
   That's a pretty small tail wagging a pretty big dog!   
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