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Black hole masses are determined by observing the orbital dynamics of surrounding matter.
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Black hole masses are standardly determined by analyzing the orbital dynamics and kinematics of surrounding matter such as stars and gas.

Evidence for · 8
The effect of nuclear gas distribution on the mass determination of supermassive black holes
2017 · cited by 84
The paper discusses determining supermassive black hole masses using the virialized motion of gas in the vicinity of active black holes.
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The retrieved papers overwhelmingly support the claim that black hole masses are determined by observing the orbital dynamics and kinematics of surrounding matter, including stellar dynamics, molecular gas kinematics, and gas emission line measurements.

More for · 7
A black-hole mass measurement from molecular gas kinematics in NGC4526
2013 · cited by 81
The study demonstrates estimating black-hole masses by modeling the effect of a black hole on the kinematics of molecular gas.
WISDOM project-I: black hole mass measurement using molecular gas kinematics in NGC 3665
2017 · cited by 41
The work presents an estimate of a supermassive black hole mass using three-dimensional molecular gas kinematics.
The Galactic Centre star S2 as a dynamical probe for intermediate-mass black holes
2010 · cited by 40
The study examines the orbit of stars around the Galactic Centre supermassive black hole as a dynamical probe.
Cross-checking SMBH mass estimates in NGC 6958 -- I: Stellar dynamics from adaptive optics-assisted MUSE observations
2021 · cited by 20
The paper discusses estimating supermassive black hole masses dynamically using stellar and gas kinematic tracers.
Effect of the initial mass function on the dynamical SMBH mass estimate in the nucleated early-type galaxy FCC47
2023 · cited by 13
The study uses stellar kinematics and dynamics to estimate the mass of the supermassive black hole in FCC 47.
Supermassive black hole mass measurement in the spiral galaxy NGC 4736 using JWST/NIRSpec stellar kinematics
2025 · cited by 8
The work presents mass measurements of a supermassive black hole using stellar absorption features to trace nuclear dynamics.
Modelling the AGN broad line region using single-epoch spectra – I. The test case of Arp 151
2019 · cited by 7
The paper discusses modeling the broad line region to constrain central black hole mass using dynamics.
Everything we examined (12)
  1. The effect of nuclear gas distribution on the mass determination of supermassive black holespeer-reviewedsupports
  2. A black-hole mass measurement from molecular gas kinematics in NGC4526peer-reviewedsupports
  3. Little red dots as young supermassive black holes in dense ionized cocoonspeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. Varying Constants, Gravitation and Cosmology.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  5. WISDOM project-I: black hole mass measurement using molecular gas kinematics in NGC 3665peer-reviewedsupports
  6. The Galactic Centre star S2 as a dynamical probe for intermediate-mass black holespeer-reviewedsupports
  7. Cross-checking SMBH mass estimates in NGC 6958 -- I: Stellar dynamics from adaptive optics-assisted MUSE observationspeer-reviewedsupports
  8. Effect of the initial mass function on the dynamical SMBH mass estimate in the nucleated early-type galaxy FCC47peer-reviewedsupports
  9. Supermassive black hole mass measurement in the spiral galaxy NGC 4736 using JWST/NIRSpec stellar kinematicspeer-reviewedsupports
  10. Time-Delay Cosmography: Measuring the Hubble Constant and Other Cosmological Parameters with Strong Gravitational Lensing.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. Modelling the AGN broad line region using single-epoch spectra – I. The test case of Arp 151peer-reviewedsupports
  12. Relativistic dynamics and extreme mass ratio inspirals.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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first checked05 Aug 2026
judged → SUPPORTED · 8705 Aug 2026
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