The black hole at the galactic center as a possible retro-lens for the S2 orbiting star

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 409, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 809-812

  De Paolis, F ^a   Geralico, A ^a,b   Ingrosso, G ^a   Nucita, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b ICRANET   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gravitation; Gravitational lensing

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; GRAVITATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHTING; ORBITS;

BLACK HOLE; GRAVITATIONAL LENSING; STAR;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0142039969     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031137     Document Type: Article

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