25) To what size the Earth should shrink to become a black hole?

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25) To what size the Earth should shrink to become a black hole?
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Concept and Principle:
  • Schwarzschild radius is the limit to which a body can shrink before undergoing irreversible gravitational collapse.

 

  • The value of Schwarzschild radius is given by,

rs=2GMc2

Here G is the universal gravitational constant, M is the mass of the object, and c is the speed of light.

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