Re: A partial black hole?

Mike Huskey wrote:

> Nothing can escape the gravity of a black hole, where escape velocity is
> greater than the speed of light.
> But what if you have two black holes closely orbiting each other.
Doesn't the
> gravity of the two objects cancel out between each other? Is it possible
that
> a ****tion of one or both have an escape velocity below the speed of
light?
> If so, what is the result?
> 
> I would guess that anything that does escape would be quickly
recaptured.

You're talking about a case where the event horizons of two black holes 
are intersecting.  In that case, you'll quite rapidly end up with a 
single, larger black hole.

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