A black hole is so named because it emits no visible light because it is so cold, its energy being held in an intense gravity field. no light can escape from it on account of its powerful gravitational field. the gravitational field is so high that the wavelength of its emitted light is shifted into the infrared and radio regions of the spectrum. its spectrum has the same shape as that of a laboratory blackbody at a temperature of about 1000 K.

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A black hole is so named because
it emits no visible light because it is so cold, its energy being held in
an intense gravity field.
no light can escape from it on account of its powerful gravitational
field.
the gravitational field is so high that the wavelength of its emitted
light is shifted into the infrared and radio regions of the spectrum.
its spectrum has the same shape as that of a laboratory blackbody at
a temperature of about 1000 K.
Transcribed Image Text:A black hole is so named because it emits no visible light because it is so cold, its energy being held in an intense gravity field. no light can escape from it on account of its powerful gravitational field. the gravitational field is so high that the wavelength of its emitted light is shifted into the infrared and radio regions of the spectrum. its spectrum has the same shape as that of a laboratory blackbody at a temperature of about 1000 K.
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