Milky Way Globular Clusters: close encounter rates with each other and with the Central Supermassive Black Hole

Maryna V. Ishchenko, Margarita O. Sobolenko, Mukhagali T. Kalambay +2

Using the data from Gaia (ESA) Data Release 2 we performed the orbital calculations of globular clusters (GCs) of the Milky Way. To explore possible collisions between the GCs, usi…