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Probably not. The star passes closer to Sgr A* than any other at 16 AU - about the distance between the Sun and Uranus - but that still puts it a long way from
by spuz 6y ago
Probably not. The star passes closer to Sgr A* than any other at 16 AU - about the distance between the Sun and Uranus - but that still puts it a long way from the black hole's event horizon. Despite its huge mass, Sgr A*'s Schwarzchild radius is only 0.08 AU.
Still in the long-term, yes it probably will be eaten up. After all the galaxy's black hole must have fed on stars in order to reach the huge mass that it has now.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S62_(star) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S62_(star)