S301

The star S301 reaches 8% of the speed of light around the black hole at the center of the Milky Way

The star that reaches 8% of the speed of light while orbiting the black hole at the center of the Milky Way

The star completes an orbit around Sagittarius A* in 8.7 years and comes ten times closer to it than the star S2. Its orbit may allow us to measure the rotation of the black hole and test general relativity under extreme conditions.