Astr 204 October 18, 2001 

Where's the Earth?

No gravity!

Rubber sheet models for compressed stars

Discussion

Escape velocity

Earth's escape velocity

The larger the mass the greater the escape velocity

Mitchell and Laplace

Black holes

Schwarzschild Radius

No light gets out

Event horizon

Mass dependence

Discussion 2

If the Sun became a black hole...

What happens to the space probe?

You'll never see probe get to horizon

Redshift

Various radii