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The most relevant measure is probably its mass; the black hole in the center of the Milky Way, known as Sagittarius A*, has a mass estimated at 4-5 million times the mass of our Sun.

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It's estimated to be so large that it could fit inside the orbit of Mercury but have the mass of 40,000 Suns.

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