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poking a balck hole


taylrl

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what would happen if you were to poke a black hole with a very long stick? it might sound like a bit of a stupid question, bit i am being serious. Going further, what would happen if you tied a rope around the earth, and then threw the rope into a balck hole, would we get stucked in? I suppose the rope would snap really. OK what if the string couldnt snap. Anyway i think you can see what i am trying to get at.

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The long stick would be sucked into the blackhole. All of the stick, as the part nearest the blackhole would be sucked in, moving the whole stick closer, which would suck in more etc. If you were holding the stick with a good enough grip you too would be sucked in.

 

If the string was sufficiently strong enough not to snap then it would pull the Earth into the black hole.

 

With the stick, or even the rope, I wonder at what rate you would accelerate due to the gravitational attraction of the blackhole.

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