The temperature of the innermost part of the spinning gas near our galaxy's central black hole is:

A) 2.7 K.
B) 300 K.
C) 10,000 K.
D) over 1,000,000 K.
E) varying rapidly from 300 K to 1,000,000 K.


D

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