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

You might be right, but...

If the event horizon is a major trait of the black hole "environment" why is the accretion disk illustrated and not the event horizon?
50 posted on 01/10/2008 1:28:16 PM PST by adorno
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