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TheMadMonk

(6,187 posts)

14. Short answer no.

Reply to OneAngryDemocrat (Reply #4)

Wed May 29, 2013, 08:10 PM

May 2013

A moon breaks up under the influence of gravity, because the difference in gravitational forces on the near and far side of the is enough to overcome the mechanical strength of that moon. Quite literally it falls apart.

The mechanical strength of a black hole can be considered to be effectively infinite.

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