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To: treetopsandroofs; fso301

Mass. IIRC the radius (event horizon) of a black hole is a linear function of its mass. The radius of a black hole this massive would be about 30 billion kilometers. The solar system would fit quite comfortably inside this volume.


21 posted on 12/05/2011 9:50:16 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt
Mass. IIRC the radius (event horizon) of a black hole is a linear function of its mass. The radius of a black hole this massive would be about 30 billion kilometers.

You are correct in saying that black holes are measured by their mass not their volume. Black holes can have a measurable circumference but the radius, (and therefore the diameter) is infinite.

32 posted on 12/05/2011 10:38:04 AM PST by SunTzuWu
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