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To: Mike Darancette

The volume is irrelevant -- what is important is the force due to the mass in the black hole and the escape velocity. After a bit of algebra, you obtain the Schwarzschild radius, where R = 2 * G * Mass * c^-2. Therefore, a 10-solar-mass black hole has a radius 10 times greater than a 1-solar-mass black hole.


6 posted on 02/18/2006 9:31:57 PM PST by MikeD (We live in a world where babies are like velveteen rabbits that only become real if they are loved.)
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To: MikeD
R = 2 * G * Mass * c^-2.

Thank you I see your point. But, hey would I have been right if we were talking about cheese balls? :-)

OBTW: You must be the reason I couldn't get the Freeper name I wanted back in 1998. Freegards.

7 posted on 02/18/2006 9:52:10 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Condimaniac)
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