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The {{GAR request}} tag has been placed on this talk page. Looking the article over, there are around half a dozen citation needed tags on the article. Could any page watchers help cite those paragraphs? Many thanks, ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 19:59, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mass is much smaller

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202347513 gives 2.06 10¹¹ solar masses. That is a order of magnitude lower Than 1.15×10¹² from the article. --Stone (talk) 07:16, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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 The {{tl|GAR request}} tag has been placed on this talk page. Looking the article over, there are around half a dozen citation needed tags on the article. Could any page watchers help cite those paragraphs? Many thanks, [[User:AirshipJungleman29|~~ AirshipJungleman29]] ([[User talk:AirshipJungleman29|talk]]) 19:59, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
+== Mass is much smaller ==
+{{doi|10.1051/0004-6361/202347513}} gives 2.06 10<sup>11</sup> solar masses. That is a order of magnitude lower Than 1.15×10<sup>12</sup> from the article. --[[User:Stone|Stone]] ([[User talk:Stone|talk]]) 07:16, 13 October 2023 (UTC)