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Re:The structure of the Milky Way by macintux on Monday July 30, 2018 @09:36PM (#17649866)
Also: the star with the shortest known period orbiting our central black hole travels no faster than 1% the speed of light.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S0%E2%80%93102

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Re:The structure of the Milky Way by mikhailfranco on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @02:46AM (#17660202)
Peak stellar speed observed as "nearly 3% the speed of light":

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05825-3

which appears to be rounded up from actual 2.55% value:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S2_(star)#May_2018_pericentre_...

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