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GX 339‑4, GRO J1655‑40, GRS 1915+105, V4641 Sagittarii, Cygnus X‑1

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XTE J1650-500 is a binary system containing a stellar-mass black hole candidate and 2000–2001 transient binary X-ray source located in the constellation Ara. In 2008, it was claimed that this black hole had a mass of 3.8±0.5 solar masses, which would have been the smallest found for any black hole; smaller than GRO 1655-40, the then known smallest of 6.3 MSun. However, this claim was subsequently retracted; the more likely mass is 5–10 solar masses.

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The binary period of the black hole and its companion is 0.32 days.

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XTE J1650-500 Wikipedia