Conceptual Physical Science (6th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134060491
Author: Paul G. Hewitt, John A. Suchocki, Leslie A. Hewitt
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 27, Problem 8RAT
A black hole is
- (a) an empty region of space with a huge gravitational field.
- (b) a small region that has the mass of many galaxies.
- (c) the remains of a giant collapsed star.
- (d) as large as its photon sphere.
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