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Question 170671: This question seemed simple enough but....help is needed!
The Schwarzchild radius describes the critical value to which the radius of a massive body must be reduced for it to become a black hole.
R = 2GM / c^2
where
G = gravitional constant 6.7 x 10^-11
M = mass of the onject
C = speed of light 3 x 10^8
The sun has M = 2 x 10^30. What is the Schwarzchilds radius for the sun? The suns true radius is 700,000.
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The Schwarzchild radius describes the critical value to which the radius of a massive body must be reduced for it to become a black hole.
R = 2GM / c^2
where
G = gravitional constant 6.7 x 10^-11
M = mass of the onject
C = speed of light 3 x 10^8
The sun has M = 2 x 10^30. What is the Schwarzchilds radius for the sun? The suns true radius is 700,000.
:
Wouldn't just be:
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
Which is about 2.98 km