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To: CarrotAndStick
I thought blackholes had a difference in mass, depending on the amount of matter that went into it... more mass absorbed = more massive blackhole, with bigger gravity effects surrounding it.

Bigger gravity, yes. But, bigger size? I thought not! If a singularity is of just one size, then the illustration would have to be of equal sizes for both black holes.
43 posted on 01/10/2008 1:21:47 PM PST by adorno
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To: adorno

The illustration is not of the black hole, proper, but of the event horizon which, of course, is larger for more massive black holes.


47 posted on 01/10/2008 1:23:06 PM PST by LibWhacker (Democrats are phony Americans)
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To: adorno

No, not size, but mass.


51 posted on 01/10/2008 1:28:42 PM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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