31 Oct 16
http://phys.org/news/2016-02-hubble-image-giant.html#nRlv
Or in stupid units, 81 billion miles. Like 20 times bigger than our solar system. That is some freaky gravity well! I wonder if you had a spacecraft enter that BH, would the tidal forces be less there where you could survive a trip down that rabbit hole?
10 Nov 16
Originally posted by sonhouseIf you can withstand the pressure, you're ok. 🙂
http://phys.org/news/2016-02-hubble-image-giant.html#nRlv
Or in stupid units, 81 billion miles. Like 20 times bigger than our solar system. That is some freaky gravity well! I wonder if you had a spacecraft enter that BH, would the tidal forces be less there where you could survive a trip down that rabbit hole?
11 Nov 16
Originally posted by sonhouseNear the event horizon of super-massive black holes the tidal forces are relatively weak. Nearer the event horizon they become significant. For stellar mass black holes this isn't the case, tidal forces are large near the event horizon.
http://phys.org/news/2016-02-hubble-image-giant.html#nRlv
Or in stupid units, 81 billion miles. Like 20 times bigger than our solar system. That is some freaky gravity well! I wonder if you had a spacecraft enter that BH, would the tidal forces be less there where you could survive a trip down that rabbit hole?
15 Nov 16
Originally posted by DeepThoughtIf the 130 E 9 km number is right, the mass is on the order of 8 E 40 kg +! Sol is about 2 E30 kg so that dude is billions of times the mass of the sun.
Near the event horizon of super-massive black holes the tidal forces are relatively weak. Nearer the event horizon they become significant. For stellar mass black holes this isn't the case, tidal forces are large near the event horizon.
16 Nov 16
Originally posted by DeepThoughtThe second sentence should read: "Nearer the singularity they [tidal forces] become significant."
Near the event horizon of super-massive black holes the tidal forces are relatively weak. Nearer the event horizon they become significant. For stellar mass black holes this isn't the case, tidal forces are large near the event horizon.
16 Nov 16
Originally posted by DeepThoughtAt this point we don't know there is a singularity, that is to say, some infinite density. It probably is no such thing, our physics is just not good enough to suss it out yet. We may find you jump into that giant BH and pop out in another universe.
The second sentence should read: "Nearer the singularity they [tidal forces] become significant."