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- From: dwr2560@zeus.tamu.edu (RING, DAVID WAYNE)
- Subject: big nuclei (was: BLACKHOLES IN THE CENTER OF THE EARTH)
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- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 12:41:00 GMT
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- rdc@pelican.cit.cornell.edu (Bob Cowles) writes...
- >Is there any "back-of-the-envelope" calculation that has been done to
- >size a black hole of "nuclear" density? (whatever that means) ...along
- >the lines of "if the nucleii of x uranium (or take your pick) atoms
- >were "combined" to the same average density as a single nucleus, then the
- >mass is sufficient to form a black hole"? Any idea what the number would be?
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- x ~= 10^55
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- Thats about 3 solar masses.
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- Dave Ring
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