'Periodic table' organises zoo of black hole orbits


	'Periodic table' organises zoo of black hole orbits

tabsey

2-14-2008 7:05 AM

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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13316-periodic-table-organises-zoo-of-black-hole-orbits.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/space.newscientist.com/img/54F10B7D-6A32-44ED-8F0E-F973D3E62284" alt="An object orbiting close to a black hole can trace out a variety of intricate patterns (Illustration: Janna Levin/Gabe Perez-Giz/Columbia University)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13316-periodic-table-organises-zoo-of-black-hole-orbits.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><DIV class="enlarge straptext"><SPAN><A target="nsimage" href="http://space.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn13316/dn13316-1_674.jpg">Enlarge image</A></SPAN></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13316-periodic-table-organises-zoo-of-black-hole-orbits.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><DIV class="straptext">An object orbiting close to a black hole can trace out a variety of intricate patterns (Illustration: Janna Levin/Gabe Perez-Giz/Columbia University)</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13316-periodic-table-organises-zoo-of-black-hole-orbits.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><P>Physicists have found a hidden order to the zoo of strange paths that objects can trace in the curved space around black holes, allowing them to create a "periodic table" of black hole orbits.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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