April 25th

The Mass of M87*

And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

(Revelation 21:19-20) KJV

Using the Inverse Square law, if a body with the mass of the Sun orbits at a distance of 1 AU, we divide the mass of the sun by the square of the distance to M87* which we estimate to be 17,364 light years.

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