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    What is 'naked singularity?'

    Question #736. Asked by beth. (Apr 06 00 10:57 AM)


    dave_fl

    		dave_fl says:

    A 'naked singularity,' is an infinitely dense point mass around which no black hole can develop...........I don't truly understand it either unless you read the entire page this taken from.......
    SOURCE: http://physics.hallym.ac.kr/education/Peoria/blkhole.html

    Thu Apr 06 08:40:48 CDT 2000 (Delete Entry)
    (Reposted to fix link - McG)

    Apr 07 02, 4:57 AM
    fado72

    		In general relativity, a naked singularity is a gravitational singularity without an event horizon. In a black hole, there is a region around the singularity, the event horizon, where the gravitational force of the singularity is strong enough so that light cannot escape.Hence, the singularity cannot be directly observed. A naked singularity, by contrast, is observable from the outside.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_singularity

    Sep 12 10, 4:45 AM

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