RX J1131-1231
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rx-j1131-1231-162-14017967
title:
RX J1131-1231
text:
RX J1131-1231 is a distant, supermassive-black-hole-containing quasar located about 6 billion light years from Earth in the constellation Crater. In 2014, astronomers found that the X-rays being emitted are coming from a region inside the accretion disk located about three times the radius of the event horizon. This implies that the black hole must be spinning incredibly fast to allow the disk to survive at such a small radius. The measurement of the black hole's rotation is the first time astro
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Supermassive-black-hole-containing quasar in the constellation Crater
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RX_J1131-1231
date created:
2014-03-06T01:10:07Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T02:28:42Z
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{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Space_telescopes_measure_black_hole%27s_spin_cropped.jpg","width":700,"height":700}
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13
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16