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NEET 2014
Exam
NEET
Year
2014
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Gravitation

NEET 2014 · Physics · Gravitation

A black hole is an object whose gravitational field is so strong...

A black hole is an object whose gravitational field is so strong that even light cannot escape from it. To what approximate radius would earth (mass=5.98×1024kg)\left(mass = 5.98 \times {10}^{24}kg\right) have to be compressed to be a black hole?

Options

  1. A10−9m{10}^{- 9}m
  2. B10−6m{10}^{- 6}m
  3. C10−2m{10}^{- 2}m
  4. D100m100m

Correct answer

C. 10−2m{10}^{- 2}m

Step-by-step solution

According to question the light is unable to escape the gravitational pull of the black hole thus the escape velocity is equal to the speed of the light so,
Escape velocity is Ve=C{V}_{e} = C.
We know that escape velocity is given by,

2GMR=3×108\sqrt{\dfrac{2GM}{R}} = 3 \times {10}^{8}

Putting in the values we get,
⇒2×(203×10−11)(6×1024)R=3×108⇒ \sqrt{\dfrac{2 \times \left(\dfrac{20}{3} \times {10}^{- 11}\right)\left(6 \times {10}^{24}\right)}{R}} = 3 \times {10}^{8}

Thus, on solving we get,
R≈9mm≈10−2mR \approx 9mm \approx {10}^{- 2}m

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