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Comment by thriftwy

I think that star size is irrelevant here - any massive object will need to have the same speed to hold a given orbit. It's black hole mass and star's proximity to black hole that are in this equation.

Assuming star is much lighter than the black hole, or course.

parent thriftwy 9 years ago

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