New type of black holes – Non interacting low-mass black hole

Re:New type of black holes – Non interacting low-mass black ... by perl4ever on Thursday October 31, 2019 @07:44PM (#21414971)

Question: Suppose I want to use a black hole to replace a 3 minute egg timer, what kind should I look for?

Answer: The appropriate mass is roughly the size of a WWII destroyer, or somewhat more than the largest dump truck in the world. There might be a drawback in that the energy release will be about 50,000 megatons per second. That might affect how fast your egg cooks.

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Re:New type of black holes – Non interacting low-mass black ... by DuskStar on Thursday October 31, 2019 @08:12PM (#21415113)

Even better way to think of it - the energy release will total that of the mass of a WWII destroyer over the course of three minutes :)

Since 50,000 megatons/sec is the starting value, and it'll get bigger as those three minutes count down.

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Re:New type of black holes – Non interacting low-mass black ... by kabdib on Friday November 01, 2019 @12:33AM (#21416301)

I wonder how far away you need to be from that thing to survive its last few seconds. Is a few million miles and maybe a good-sized moon to hide behind sufficient?

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