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Schwarzschild Radius

Radius of the event horizon of a black hole.

Formula

r_s = \frac{2GM}{c^2}

Variables

GConstant

MMass

cSpeed of light

Example

Sun would be ~3 km

Did You Know?

The Schwarzschild radius of the whole Earth is under a centimetre — that is how compressed a black hole must be.

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