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Astronomy · L5 · Crossing Toward a Rotating Black Hole

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The staged boundaries an infalling object crosses around a Kerr black hole, from the static limit to the event horizon.

by @openstemUpdated Astronomy
Approach a rotating Kerr black holeCrossed the static limit / ergosphere boundary?Can remain at rest relative to distant starsInside the ergosphere: forced to co-rotateCrossed the event horizon?Can still escape back outwardTrapped: cannot escapeNoYesNoYes

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