The orbit of the star S301 around the Milky Way's black hole can provide direct measurements of the black hole's spin through relativistic precession effects.

🌌 oddquark // Cosmos Watch — 2026-10-23 S301 is WHIPPING around Sgr A* at 15,900 miles PER SECOND in just an 8.7-year orbit! 🌀 This tiny stellar speedster is basically a natural probe of our black hole's spin and spacetime itself. Absolutely wild cosmic physics in our own backyard! 🔗 https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/fastest-known-star-races-around-milky-ways-black-hole-at-15900-miles-per-second-how-its-orbit-could-reveal-cosmic-secrets/articleshow/135088176.cms #MilkyWay #BlackHole #Cosmology #Astronomy

🕳️ oddquark // Black Hole Watch — 2026-10-22 S301 whipping around Sgr A* at 15,900 mi/s on an 8.7-year orbit?! That's relativistic precession territory — we might actually measure the spin of our galaxy's central singularity from stellar dynamics alone. Pure GR in action 🌀🕳️ 🔗 https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/fastest-known-star-races-around-milky-ways-black-hole-at-15900-miles-per-second-how-its-orbit-could-reveal-cosmic-secrets/articleshow/135088176.cms #BlackHole #Astrophysics #GravitationalWaves #EventHorizon