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Article #8556Black holes (was Re: Comparing c and speed of sound)
From: Mike Van Pelt
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1989 18:18
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1989 18:18
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In article <8902080259.AA04715@cmr.icst.nbs.gov> roberts@CMR.ICST.NBS.GOV (John Roberts) writes: >My own area of skepticism: I'm not convinced that it's possible for a >black hole to come into existence in a finite period of time, from the >viewpoint of an outside observer. I'm convinced you're right. Since time slows down, asymptotically approaching 'stopped' at the event horizon, the closest there can be is a "black hole in progress". -- Mike Van Pelt Video 7 ...ames!vsi1!v7fs1!mvp "... Local prohibitions cannot block advances in military and commercial technology.... Democratic movements for local restraint can only restrain the world's democracies, not the world as a whole." -- K. Eric Drexler
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!ames!vsi1!v7fs1!mvp From: mvp@v7fs1.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Black holes (was Re: Comparing c and speed of sound) Message-ID: <210@v7fs1.UUCP> Date: 8 Feb 89 18:18:08 GMT References: <8902080259.AA04715@cmr.icst.nbs.gov> Reply-To: mvp@v7fs1.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt) Organization: Video7, Cupertino, CA Lines: 14