Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

thawed_froyo t1_jdxu7zh wrote

Reply to comment by Nerull in Are galaxies just giant accretion disks around super massive black holes? by darthvadercock

> If the rest of the galaxy vanished, we would go flying out into intergalactic space

What would the effect be if Sag A* suddenly vanished?

2

Nerull t1_jdy9585 wrote

For us, essentially nothing. Some stars extremely close to the galactic core might have their orbits disrupted, but we might not even notice.

2

thawed_froyo t1_jdyae82 wrote

Would that not have a ripple effect, even if it takes billions of years?

1

Nerull t1_jdyv679 wrote

Our orbital eccentricity would change slightly. I'm not sure the change would be large enough to even measure.

0