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From: notch@srcsip.UUCP (Michael k Notch)
Newsgroups: net.astro.expert
Subject: Re: black holes and comets
Message-ID: <4097@srcsip.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Mar-86 09:40:13 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 13 09:40:13 1986
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Reply-To: notch@srcsip.UUCP (Michael k Notch)
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In article <1457@decwrl.DEC.COM> goutal@dec-parrot.UUCP writes:
>The question she asks is, why don't the comets get gobbled up by
>black holes out beyond the planets?  Or, how probable is it that
>any given comet might get thus, er, eaten?  (Probably not accurate
>to say "destroyed".)  Or, how many comets might might thus be
>eaten over a period of time?
>
I thought about your questions and even though I am not an expert, my answer
is this: if planets like Earth and Jupiter do not get "sucked" into a Black
Hole, that indicates that we may be too far away from a Black Hole.

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