unsanctionedhero t1_iv4v4zn wrote on November 5, 2022 at 9:18 AM

Reply to comment by Stairwayunicorn in Closest known black hole to Earth spotted by astronomers by lunarmoonr

Looked it up, its Scwartzchild radius is 28km. For reference a sphere of that size would have a surface area just slightly more than that of Puerto Rico

Stairwayunicorn t1_iv4zrwf wrote on November 5, 2022 at 10:27 AM

I was referring to the mass

awake_receiver t1_iv5mpu3 wrote on November 5, 2022 at 2:23 PM

I don’t see why both can’t be true

test_test_1_2_3 t1_iv66ki5 wrote on November 5, 2022 at 4:45 PM

The size of the radius is directly related to the mass.