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Black Hole Explorer

Space & Gravity
↑↓ arrow keys or slider to move spacecraft

Spacecraft Telemetry

Distance from center

295 km (10.00rs)

Time Dilation

1.054× slower

your clock vs distant observer

Escape Velocity

31.6% of c

Gravitational Redshift z

0.054

Circular Orbit vel.

22.9% of c

Tidal Force

Negligible

Black Hole

Mass10.00 M☉
Schwarzschild r29 km
Spin (a)0.00

Spacecraft Distance

10.00 rs(295 km)
Event HorizonFar Away

Black Hole Settings

Schwarzschild (non-spinning)

Visualization Modes

Educational Stations

Key Equations

r_s = 2GM/c²t_dilation = 1/√(1 − r_s/r)v_esc = c·√(r_s/r)z = 1/√(1 − r_s/r) − 1r_photon = 1.5·r_sr_ISCO = 3·r_s