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innermost stable circular orbit

(ISCO)
(border of region surrounding a BH in which orbits are unstable)

The term innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) is used for black holes and neutron stars: an orbit at the distance from the center of the object (the ISCO-radius) immediately beyond that for which general-relativity effects make such an orbit unstable. The rotation of the host object affects this distance, but for the simple case of no rotation:

RISCO = 6GM/c² = 3RS

(black holes,orbits)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innermost_stable_circular_orbit
http://dictionary.obspm.fr/index.php?formSearchTextfield=innermost&showAll=1
https://galileo-unbound.blog/tag/inner-most-stable-circular-orbit/
http://www.phys.nthu.edu.tw/~hyang/BlackHole/LessonPDF/L4-GRBH.pdf

Referenced by page:
Kerr black hole

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