document.write( "Question 204207: The Schwarzschild radius describes the critical value to which the radius of a massive body must be reduced fot it to become a black hole.\r
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The Schwarzschild radius describes the critical value to which the radius of a
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\n" ); document.write( "R= 2GM/c^2
\n" ); document.write( "where
\n" ); document.write( "G= gravitational constant 6.7x10^-11
\n" ); document.write( "M=mass of the object
\n" ); document.write( "C= speed of light 3x10^8
\n" ); document.write( "The sun has M= 2x10^30
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\n" ); document.write( "What is Schwarzschild radius for the sun? [Note it's true radius is 700,000.]
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\n" ); document.write( "Wouldn't just be:
\n" ); document.write( "R = \"%282%286.7%2810%5E-11%29%29%2A+2%2810%5E30%29%29%2F%283%2810%5E8%29%29%5E2\" = \"%282%286.7%2810%5E-11%29%29%2A+2%2810%5E30%29%29%2F%289%2810%5E16%29%29\" = \"26.8%2810%5E%28%2830-11-16%29%29%29%2F9\" = \"2.98%2810%5E3%29\" m
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