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Our sun IS a star

Author: Caspar Marley (---.gate2.yokota.attmil.ne.jp) Date:   09-13-02 11:57 Read it again: "Black holes do not a star make; quite the contrary, in that a star may result (if massive enough) in a BH, not the other way around." As you quoted: "A star ... may ... result !!!" I say "...may..." because of the fact that a star less than ~3 sols will not end up as a BH unless it is subjected to unnatural forces, i.e.: arbitrarily advanced technology _might_ allow soneone to force it to happen, but it won't happen on its own. A star of ~3-20 sols could end as a BH, but could also blow itself to bits trying. A star >~20 sols is almost certain to end as a BH; their is only an infinitesimal chance of it doing anything else. Our sun, "Sol", _IS_ a star -- what the H*ll else do you think it is? For that matter, what do you think stars _are_?!? I neither agree with you, nor contradict myself. . Please answer the two questions above, to wit: a) What do you think our sun is, if not a star? b) What do you think stars are, precisely? The answer is 42. ;-)

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How large is a black whole ?  new	Chris Della Fave	02-06-02 15:41
Re: How large is a black whole ?  new	Katie Rosenthal	02-07-02 10:48
Re: How large is a black whole ?  new	david	03-26-02 10:13
Re: How large is a black whole ?  new	Chattan	06-21-02 17:49
Re: How large is a black whole ?  new	Vegeta	08-08-02 23:37
Measuring a black hole  new	Sentinel	09-15-02 14:17
Re: How large is a black whole ?  new	Alfonso Espada	08-16-02 22:24
about this big ----------> .  new	Sentinel	08-22-02 19:14
Chris - these two summed it up beautifully!  new	Caspar Marley	08-24-02 00:08
Re: Come on Caspar  new	Chattan	09-07-02 12:23
BHs, tori, Orion, and MIT.  new	Caspar Marley	09-07-02 21:37
Re: Contradiction.  new	Chattan	09-13-02 11:15
Our sun IS a star  new	Caspar Marley	09-13-02 11:57
Re: Sun  new	Chattan	09-27-02 16:44
Re:  new	Caspar Marley	09-30-02 03:06
Re: Creation.  new	Chattan	10-06-02 14:22
Re: Creation.  new	alyzerine	07-02-03 19:14
Re: cyclic creation  new	Baldev Singh Rana	08-23-03 00:43
Re: Creation.  new	Garonius maximus	12-10-04 08:34
Re: Creation.  new	Virtual Maria	12-16-04 02:59
Re:  new	Garonius maximus	12-16-04 10:39
Re: Creation.  new	William Penrod	12-19-04 15:35
Re: Creation.  new	Garonius maximus	12-19-04 17:48
Re: Creation.  new	Garonius maximus	12-19-04 19:36
Re: Creation.  new	William Penrod	12-21-04 12:31
Re: Creation.  new	Garonius maximus	12-21-04 19:27
Re: Creation.  new	Garonius maximus	12-22-04 16:19
Re: How large is a black whole ?  new	Steve Heidenreich	11-22-02 02:08
Re:  new	Ray Whitbread	04-15-03 12:50
Re:  new	Garonius maximus	12-11-04 06:27
Re: How large is a black whole ?  new	dont worry	01-11-05 15:18

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