4
Examples:
•
The Schwarzschild Radius:
–
Mass in solar masses
R
s
(km)
•
10
30
•
3
9
•
2
6
•
1
3
•
0.000003 (Earth)
0.9 cm
In metric units, G = 6.67 x10
-11
,
c=3x10
8
, 1 solar mass = 2x10
30
kg
Then R
s
is in meters