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frogsntoads00 t1_ja0w3ng wrote

Cool. How long will it take to reach it from Earth’s perspective?

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kemh t1_ja0yr0f wrote

45 minutes if traffic is light.

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DC_Coach t1_ja25s8c wrote

Good. I'll have time to grab an "I was dragged into a supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's Center and all I got was this lousy tee-shirt."

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zerodark9 t1_ja391me wrote

2036 is when they expect the next closest approach so… maybe 13 years? It’s already close enough to suffer from the gravity in the situation and the’ve been watching it for 20 according to the article.

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Jogaila2 t1_ja3gnlt wrote

Brilliant. I see what you did there.

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Korbas t1_ja43qz3 wrote

You won this comment section :)

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