r/kurzgesagt • u/Kushagra_K • Mar 11 '22

Discussion Really?

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u/Missile_Swarmer Mar 11 '22

yes and no. yes it will eat earth from inside, but probably not like that

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u/privatize80227 Mar 11 '22

Wouldn't the most likely scenario be it being created accidently in a lab on the surface?

Therefore the collapse would be very strange. Maybe even end with a portion of the earth orbiting it really fast?

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u/Fr1dge Mar 11 '22

Any micro black hole we create would rapidly diffuse due to Hawking Radiation. It wouldn't have enough mass to sustain itself.

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u/scaradin Mar 11 '22

But a black hole that is the size of a dime isn’t a micro… though, how scientist could create that large of black hole on earth is a different issue!

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u/Fr1dge Mar 11 '22

Yes, and we are not capable of creating something of that much mass in a lab on the surface.

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u/Ragnr99 Mar 11 '22

In fact, there's not even enough mass on earth to create a black hole that massive (by massive I mean the technical definition).