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This experience\nand the prediction theory shows that the present merger detected is a puzzle.<\/li><li>The signalling waveform showed that the primary\nobject in the merger had a mass of about 23.2 times that of the Sun and the\nsecondary object had a mass of about 2.6 times the solar mass.<\/li><li>They both joined to form a black hole of mass\n25.6 times the Sun\u2019s mass and\nradiation of about 0.2 solar mass. The mass ratio is approximately 1:9.<\/li><li>At 23.2 solar masses, the primary is a black\nhole and the secondary object is a dubious spot.<\/li><li>The observations show that the object is too\nlight to be a black hole and too heavy to be a neutron.<\/li><li>The current observational uncertainties cannot\nconfirm whether there is a mass gap between the maximum mass of the neutron and\nminimum mass of a black hole.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>In News An unusual compact object has been detected by the LSC. 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