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Chapter 24, Problem 16E
If the Sun could suddenly collapse to a black hole, how would the period of Earth’s revolution about it differ from what it is now?
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Ch. 24 - Imagine that you have built a large room around...Ch. 24 - A monkey hanging from a tree branch sees a hunter...Ch. 24 - Why would we not expect to detect X-rays from a...Ch. 24 - Look elsewhere in this book for necessary data,...Ch. 24 - Which is likely to be more common in our Galaxy:...Ch. 24 - If the Sun could suddenly collapse to a black...Ch. 24 - Suppose the people in Figure 24.4 are in an...Ch. 24 - You arrange to meet a friend at 5:00 p.m. on...Ch. 24 - You are standing on a scale in an elevator when...Ch. 24 - Look up G, c, and the mass of the Sun in Appendix...Ch. 24 - Suppose you wanted to know the size of black holes...Ch. 24 - Use the result from Exercise 24.21 to calculate...Ch. 24 - Since the force of gravity a significant distance...
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