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Is there a 1:1 relationship between the rotational speed of the black hole itself and the speed of the matter falling into it? If matter would fall straight (wi
by A_No_Name_Mouse 8y ago
Is there a 1:1 relationship between the rotational speed of the black hole itself and the speed of the matter falling into it? If matter would fall straight (with 0 angular momentum) towards a rotating black hole, would its matter fall in straight, or would the black hole drag the matter into rotation?
- serkanyersen 8y agopure speculation but I would assume space around that black hole would act like a vortex, like water going down the drain. so anything get close will be dragged I guess.
- sigil 8y agoThe latter. Unlike Schwarzschild black holes, a Kerr black hole drags spacetime with it as it rotates. The black hole in Interstellar was a Kerr black hole. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerr_metric https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerr_metric