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Will the Event Horizon Telescope picture of the shadow the Sagittarius A* agree with the prediction of general relativity ?

75%chance

75%chance

Ambiguous

Ambiguous

The community gave this a 75% chance, and it resolved Ambiguous.

Forecast Timeline

Authors:

DanielLBurnstein

Opened:

Feb 9, 2018

Closes:

Apr 30, 2018

Resolved:

Apr 12, 2019

Spot Scoring Time:

Feb 9, 2018

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