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AIUI the tidal forces and spacetime distortion are such that any matter falling in inevitably breaks apart into an accretion disk. It should be impossible for a
by mystified5016 2y ago
AIUI the tidal forces and spacetime distortion are such that any matter falling in inevitably breaks apart into an accretion disk. It should be impossible for a whole body to enter a black hole intact.
All this is for a spinning black hole, of course, which most (all?) are.
- floxy 2y agoTidal forces at the event horizon of supermassive black holes are negligible. https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/blackh/4Page33.pdf https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/blackh/4Page33.pdf