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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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To: SunTzuWu
Black holes can have a measurable circumference but the radius, (and therefore the diameter) is infinite.

If the radius and diameter are infinite then so is the circumference.

The "radius" of a black hole is generally reckoned as the event horizon. That is finite. If it were infinite the entire observable universe would fit into each and every black hole. The gravitational field extends infinitely in all directions.

35 posted on 12/05/2011 10:49:53 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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