GW170608

GW170608
	The GW170608 signal as measured by the LIGO gravitational wave detectors
Event type	Gravitational wave event
Distance	340 Mpc (1.1×109 ly)
Other designations	GW170608

GW170608 was a gravitational wave event that was recorded on 8 June 2017 at 02:01:16.49 UTC by Advanced LIGO. It originated from the merger of two black holes with masses of $12_{-2}^{+7}\,M_{\odot }$ and $7_{-2}^{+2}\,M_{\odot }$ . The resulting black hole had a mass around 18 solar masses. About one solar mass was converted to energy in the form of gravitational waves.

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