RX J1242-11
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RX J1242-11 is an elliptical galaxy located approximately 200 megaparsecs (about 650 million light-years) from Earth. According to current interpretations of X-ray observations made by the Chandra X-ray Observatory and XMM-Newton, the centre of this galaxy is a 100 million solar mass supermassive black hole which was observed to have tidally disrupted a star.[1] The discovery is widely considered to be the first strong evidence of a supermassive black hole ripping apart a star and consuming a portion of it.[2]
References
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- Komossa's Object
- Chandra X-Ray Observatory Photo Album - February 18, 2004
- 41QuarkBuchiNeri.pdf[dead link]
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- ↑ NASA: "Giant Black Hole Rips Apart Unlucky Star"
