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Wouldn't this mean that these tidal forces may (have) cause(d) highly accelerated matter to shoot through our solar system?

• codethief 6y ago
  I assume you're referring to astrophysical jets[1] that are common with SMBHs. I'm afraid, though, I'm not familiar enough with jet physics to answer your question. A priori, the tidal forces only cause infalling matter to get shredded (and heated up). Whether a proper accretion disk together with a (significant) jet can form, given the size of the black hole, I don't know. On a related note: It'd be interesting to see in how far such a small BH would actually be capable of "sweeping [its] local neighbourhood clear of objects" like planets are (as was claimed in some comment above). Only then would I expect a significant accretion disk and, possibly, a jet. The reason the answer to this question is not obvious (at least to me) is once again the tiny size of the BH: How would anything manage to fall into the black hole, given that it's so tiny and, thus, very easy to miss? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophysical_jet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophysical_jet