Reconstruction of stellar orbits close to Sagittarius A*: Possibilities for testing general relativity

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 542, Issue 1 PART 1, 2000, Pages 328-333

  Fragile, P Chris ^a   Mathews, Grant J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Celestial mechanics, stellar dynamics; Galaxy: center; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Gravitation; Relativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034633437     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/309495     Document Type: Article

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