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Yes, a planet could orbit a black hole, just like it could orbit a star. Gravity would
bind them together.
A planet orbiting 93 million miles from the sun feels exactly the same as if it were
orbiting 93 million miles away from a black hole with the same mass as the sun has.
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When did Pluto become a black hole?
Pluto was never a black hole. It was simply decided to become a dwarf planet by scientists because of it's unusual size and orbit course.
Why isn't a quasar a planet?
Quasars are not planets because they are not spherical and do not orbit a star. A quasar is a supermassive black hole in the process of consuming large amounts of matter.
How do you find the mass of a supermassive black hole?
Consider the case of a family of planets in orbit around a star. The orbital speed of each planet depends on the mass of the star and the distance of the planet from the star (presuming that the mass of the planet is negligible in comparison to that of the star). This means that if you know the speed of a planet in orbit, and you know its distance from the star, you can compute the mass of the star. Now consider an active supermassive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy. The black hole is "active" because there is matter swirling around it, being heated as it is compressed, and thus radiating light (much of it as x-rays). We can measure the speed of the material orbiting the black hole by measuring differences in the frequency of the light as the material orbits away from us on one side of the black hole and toward us on the other side. If we have a good idea of the distance to the black hole from Earth, we can calculate the distance of the material from the black hole. So we know the orbital speed of the material and we know its distance from the black hole. It is then easy to calculate how massive the black hole must be.
What if a planet about the size of Jupiter or bigger got absorbed by a black hole?
The mass of the black hole would increase in proportion to the mass of the planet
Where can objects orbit within black holes?
By "within" a black hole, I would imagine you mean within the event horizon. Such an object won't ORBIT the black hole - it will simply fall towards the singularity.
Can a black hole get to the size of a planet?
A black hole can definitely get to the size of a planet. The width of the largest known supermassive black hole is thought to be over ten times the size of the entire orbit of Neptune around our Sun.
When did Pluto become a black hole?
Pluto was never a black hole. It was simply decided to become a dwarf planet by scientists because of it's unusual size and orbit course.
Is there a black hole on the planet Jupiter?
There is no black hole on the planet Jupiter, but there is a red spot.
Is a black hole the remains of a lost planet?
No. No planet is massive enough to become a black hole. A black hole is the remains of a dead, supermassive star.
What are the effects of black hole on other planets?
As the planet is approaching a black hole due to the immense gravitational pull on the objects surrounding it, the planet revolves around the black hole until it falls into the black hole.
How do you know when there is a black hole?
black holes are invisible because its gravitational pull is so strong even light cant escape from it. so what scientists do is they look at things around the black hole. if there is a black hold near a planet or star that objects orbit will be altered and it will be heating up from the friction of going into the hole.
Is a Black Hole a planet?
A black hole is the stellar remains of a massive star.
Why isn't a quasar a planet?
Quasars are not planets because they are not spherical and do not orbit a star. A quasar is a supermassive black hole in the process of consuming large amounts of matter.
How do you find the mass of a supermassive black hole?
Consider the case of a family of planets in orbit around a star. The orbital speed of each planet depends on the mass of the star and the distance of the planet from the star (presuming that the mass of the planet is negligible in comparison to that of the star). This means that if you know the speed of a planet in orbit, and you know its distance from the star, you can compute the mass of the star. Now consider an active supermassive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy. The black hole is "active" because there is matter swirling around it, being heated as it is compressed, and thus radiating light (much of it as x-rays). We can measure the speed of the material orbiting the black hole by measuring differences in the frequency of the light as the material orbits away from us on one side of the black hole and toward us on the other side. If we have a good idea of the distance to the black hole from Earth, we can calculate the distance of the material from the black hole. So we know the orbital speed of the material and we know its distance from the black hole. It is then easy to calculate how massive the black hole must be.
What is the second closest planet to a black hole?
There are no known planets in the vicinity of a black hole.
What if a planet about the size of Jupiter or bigger got absorbed by a black hole?
The mass of the black hole would increase in proportion to the mass of the planet
Where can objects orbit within black holes?
By "within" a black hole, I would imagine you mean within the event horizon. Such an object won't ORBIT the black hole - it will simply fall towards the singularity.
