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In the ballistic supersonic limit, streamline collisions bind gas with impact parameter $b<2GM/v_\infty^2$, giving
$$
\dot M_{\rm BHL}=\frac{4\pi G^2M^2\rho_\infty}{v_\infty^3}.
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Bondi--Hoyle--Lyttleton accretion rate

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