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The object is theorized to have between 5 and 10 times the mass of Earth. Jupiter has circa 1000 times the mass of Earth. Wouldn’t Jupiter be suited much better

The object is theorized to have between 5 and 10 times the mass of Earth. Jupiter has circa 1000 times the mass of Earth. Wouldn’t Jupiter be suited much better for slingshots?

Craighead 6y ago
Why not both?
tejtm 6y ago
The thought is you can use so much more of a black holes gravitational potential (without hitting it) that that it would not matter that the total mass is smaller. But I am just a tourist here, this is not my expertise.