Meaning of peribothron | Babel Free

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The point in an elliptical orbit around a black hole where the orbiting body is closest to the black hole.

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“We also examine the final peribothra q of these orbits to ensure that they are consistent with the observed value for S0-2.”

“On subsequent peribothra further tidal interactions take place, gradually causing the orbit to decay.”

“Galaxies harboring an isolated SMBH at their center are expected to quickly clear a "loss cone" of orbits whose angular momenta about the black hole are low enough that their peribothra lie inside rₜ .”

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