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Innermost Stable Circular Orbit (ISCO)

The smallest orbit in which matter can stably orbit a black hole without falling in. The radius of the ISCO depends on the black hole's spin; for rapidly spinning black holes, the ISCO is closer to the event horizon.

Source: nasa.gov

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