Re: CERN Atom Smasher May End the World

Tim Little skreiv:
> On 2008-04-15, Eivind Kjorstad <eivindorama@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>> How long from we-detect-hole-inside-sun and to sun-disappears ? Years ?

>> Months ? Weeks ? Days ? Hours ?

> At a million tonnes per second going into the hole, the black hole
> might have about Earth's mass, and take tens of millions of years to
> double.  At that point the mass-energy going into the hole would be
> comparable to the Sun's normal power output, so it should have
> noticeable effects.

Hmm. I'd think that as the hole grows, the mass-input would -stop- being 
pro****tional to the area of the event-horizon, because by the time the 
hole has earth mass (and thus earths gravity) the gravity -is- rather 
significant.


	Eivind Kjørstad