Edit: "The Kerr metric also predicts the existence of an inner and outer event horizon, with the shape of these horizons being oblate rather than perfectly spherical due to the rotation."
Re:LIGO Detects Most Massive Black Hole Merger to Date
by mr_toad on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @08:54AM
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Kind of. Because the black hole drags space around with it you need to go faster near the ‘equator’ than the poles just to stand still. So the event horizon is fatter at the equator.
I think so?
https://archive.ph/VrzwW
Edit: "The Kerr metric also predicts the existence of an inner and outer event horizon, with the shape of these horizons being oblate rather than perfectly spherical due to the rotation."