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Comment by Kareem El-Badry

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Astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian known for research on black holes and binary stars.
Take the Solar System, put a black hole where the Sun is, and the Sun where the Earth is, and you get this system.
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Kareem El-Badry quoted in "Astronomers discover closest black hole to Earth," Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, November 4, 2022.
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The Large Hadron Collider poses no credible risk of destroying Earth by creating a microscopic black hole
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AI Verified The Solar System black-hole analogy supports the claim that a black hole of stellar mass would not pull Earth in, directly relevant to the LHC safety claim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago
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AI Verified The quote's Solar System black-hole analogy implies a black hole of the Sun's mass would not pull Earth in, so the recorded answer 'for' is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago

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AI Verified The Harvard/CfA article quotes Kareem El-Badry with the same Solar System black hole analogy used in the stored quote. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago
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