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  1. Newsgroups: sci.physics
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!nuscc!matmcinn
  3. From: matmcinn@nuscc.nus.sg (Mcinnes B T (Dr))
  4. Subject: Destroying the Earth
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul28.044315.24255@nuscc.nus.sg>
  6. Organization: National University of Singapore
  7. Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 04:43:15 GMT
  8. Lines: 4
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  10. To what radius would we have to compress the Earth in order to form a
  11. black hole? The Schwarzschild radius is usually cited, but that is
  12. rather strange, because the Schwarzschild radial coordinate does not
  13. measure distance. 
  14.