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\nLearn how astrophysicists use the orbital motion of a visible star—its speed and period—to infer the mass of its invisible companion, often a black hole, in a binary system.\nLearn how astrophysicists use the orbital motion of a visible star—its speed and period—to infer the mass of its invisible companion, often a black hole, in a binary system.\n
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2025
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