What Is the Evidence That Indicates to Some Astronomers That

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Multiple Choice

What is the evidence that indicates to some astronomers that a supermassive black hole exists at the center of our Galaxy?

• A) No electromagnetic radiation at all comes from the precise position of the galactic center and it just looks like a dark void in space.
• B) Measurement of stars orbiting the galactic center at very high speeds,which would rapidly move out of the Galaxy unless some very massive object holds them in orbit
• C) Doppler shift of light from stars in the near neighborhood of the galactic center,which indicates that the stars are falling inward at very high speeds
• D) The Sun's motion in space shows that,if Kepler's law holds for its orbit around the galactic center,there must be a very massive object at this center.

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