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Schwarzchild Geometry Diagram

Posted by: Wade Hobbs, Jr. on: March 27, 2009

The following diagram shows two geometries.  On the right is a schematic drawing of the spacetime around the sun.  Notice that the sun’s gravity alters space somewhat.  On the left is a schematic drawing of the spacetime around a black hole having mass of 2 billion times that of the sun (a Schwarzchild geometry).  The [...]


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