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		drran on June 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Physicists confirm two cases of “elusive” black ho... I made a mistake in the calculation (10^34 x 10^14 is 10^48, not 10^38), so it's 10^12 brighter. Nobody will survive on the lit surface of a planet.

x3n0ph3n3 on June 29, 2021 | [–]

And it would likely ignite the atmosphere, which would travel at the speed of sound to the "dark" side of the planet, yes?

phasetransition on June 29, 2021 | [–]

So 1e6 light year radius to match the solar irradiance from purely inverse square losses? Wow.

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