W1 · Relativistic π of Sgr A*

Polar chart of Sgr A* with geodesic rings Concentric geodesic circles around a black hole. Each ring is labeled with its local ratio of proper circumference to proper diameter. π(1.25 rₛ) ≈ 1.20 π π(2 rₛ) ≈ 0.87 π π(3.3 rₛ) ≈ 0.83 π π(10 rₛ) ≈ 0.88 π π(100 rₛ) ≈ 0.98 π rₛ
Edge-on view of Sgr A* Artistic side view across the accretion disk. The disk appears as a thin bright band; the far side of the disk is lensed by the black hole's gravity into arcs above and below the central shadow.

Light takes 70 minutes to escape the outermost ring of this chart, then 27,000 years to reach the Earth. Everything strange about π near Sgr A* lives in a region the size of our planetary system; everything else is the long quiet flight home.

π(r) = C(r) D(r) = 2 π r 2 rs r d r 1 rs r = π [ 1 rsr + rs 2r · ln ( rrs ) + 3rs 8r + O ( 1r2 ) ]

r is the coordinate of a ring; C and D are ruler measures; π(r) is the ratio of measures at ring r.

The equatorial Schwarzschild slice: rs = 2GM c2 .

The proper line element: ds2 = ( 1 rsr ) 1 dr2 + r2 dφ2

π = 3.14159