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ant6n • today at 11:07 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

Newtonian gravity gives infinite time to fall into black hole?

I thought you need at least special relativity for time dilution.


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rustyhancock • today at 11:30 AM

Both have finite time falling in to the singularity. If you use a point test particle Newton and GR agree on that finite time.

That's proper time I.e. the infalling particles wristwatch time.

In GR, external observers would never see the infalling particle cross the event horizon but that's a coordinate artifact. If using our wrist watch time for that particle.

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