A black hole is an object whose gravitational field is so strong that even light cannot escape from it. To what approximate radius would earth (mass $= 5.98 \times 10^{24} k g$ ) have to be compresed to be a black hole?

10^{- 9} m

10^{- 6} m

10^{- 2} m

100 m

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A black hole is an object whose gravitational field is so strong that even light cannot escape from it. To what approximate radius would earth (mass

= 5.98 \times 10^{24} k g

) have to be compresed to be a black hole?

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A black hole is an object whose gravitational field is so strong that even light cannot escape from it. To what approximate radius would earth (mass

= 5.98 \times 10^{24} k g

) have to be compresed to be a black hole?

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