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The measurement of relativistic effects around the galactic center may allow in the near future to strongly constrain the parameters of the supermassive black hole likely present at the galactic center (Sgr A*). As a by-product of these measurements it would be possible to severely constrain, in addition, also the parameters of the mass-density distributions of both the innermost star cluster and the dark matter clump around the galactic center.
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De Paolis, F., Ingrosso, G., Nucita, A.A. et al. Estimating the parameters of the Sgr A* black hole. Gen Relativ Gravit 43, 977–988 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-010-1122-1
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