Multiple Choice
The star S0-2 orbits Sagittarius A* (the galactic center of the Milky Way) with a period of 15.2 years and a semimajor axis of about 1000 AU.What does Kepler's third law suggest as the total amount of mass inside the orbital radius of S0-2?
A) 1.3 × 10⁶ M.
B) 2.6 × 10⁶ M.
C) 4.3 × 10⁶ M.
D) 9.4 × 10⁹ M.
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