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		spuz 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LIGO detects most massive black hole merger to dat... Assuming your 0.034% figure is correct, then one solar mass is equivalent to 2941 lifetimes of a sun's output, not 30. So 15 solar masses would be more like 44115 solar-lifetimes.

aaronharnly 6 months ago [–]

Derp yes, pesky off-by-100 errors :) Fixed, thanks.

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