m0le t1_jdsuhqz wrote
Reply to comment by 1nfinitydividedby0 in Scientists discover supermassive black hole that now faces Earth by Bcap2219
Not really true for regular, bog standard black holes (accretion disk and jets are non symmetric).
Really not true for spinning black holes (the majority) that have ringularities and so poles.
1nfinitydividedby0 t1_jdsur33 wrote
Yes, accretion disk have orientation, but not black holes themselves.
James20k t1_jdt9uql wrote
A black hole has a spin, and spins about an axis which means that you can define a direction that it is pointing fairly straightforwardly
Black holes also aren't point like objects, the interior/singularity is completely divorced from the exterior of the black hole - they are a property of spacetime itself, not an effect that arises from the singularity
Astrophysical black holes formed from stellar collapse also don't have a singularity as viewed from an external observer
1nfinitydividedby0 t1_jdunt00 wrote
Well, there is something to your explanation. Axis is a property of direction. Yes, black holes do occupy space so they are not point like. I was wrong.
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