Comment on Falling
rockerface@lemm.ee 2 years agoAnd is the Sun was replaced with a black hole of the same mass, the Earth would just keep on rotating around it without issues, if slightly frozen
Comment on Falling
rockerface@lemm.ee 2 years agoAnd is the Sun was replaced with a black hole of the same mass, the Earth would just keep on rotating around it without issues, if slightly frozen
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 years ago
Xkcd did a what if on a black hole moon (getting it to collapse into one may be impossible, but a black hole the mass of the moon is theoretically stable), and it has the same conclusion, except just slightly colder instead of slightly frozen. And by slightly, I mean almost imperceptible.
what-if.xkcd.com/129/
rockerface@lemm.ee 2 years ago
I mean, the Sun also contributes slightly more heat to the Earth compared to the Moon. And by slightly, I mean the difference between cold and frozen