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GW170104

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GW170104 is the designation for a gravitational wave event that was detected on January 4, 2017. It was the first gravitational wave observed from the merger of two black holes that were significantly different in mass, with the heavier black hole estimated to be about 31 times the mass of the Sun and the lighter one about 19 times the mass of the Sun.

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