Thomas comments on Questions for shminux - Less Wrong

-4 Post author: Thomas 22 June 2012 07:35PM

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Comment author: Thomas 23 June 2012 09:22:46PM 0 points [-]

From here, you can escape the system planet Earth-SupermassiveBlackHole in almost every direction easy. But not even the light will escape this system if it goes from here toward the SMBH.

From the same point, much different escape velocities, dependent of the escape direction.

What do I miss?

Comment author: shminux 24 June 2012 01:46:09AM -1 points [-]

Just like classically light gets consumed by the ground if you aim it wrong, in GR light gets consumed by the black hole if it gets close enough to the horizon (1.5x the horizon radius for a non-rotating black hole). If you aim it better, it misses the black hole and escapes to infinity.

Comment author: Thomas 24 June 2012 07:02:45AM 0 points [-]

Yes. And a rock flown 1000 km per second will not escape in one direction, it will escape in other.