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**Alupleintilla** · 07-11-2009, 05:23 AM

Unfortunately not - think of space being like a sheet of rubber and the black hole is like a very heavy ball of iron placed on to it. The rubber will deform and create a deep pit with very steep sides: it's the steepness that's the problem.

Dr. Evanson,

Do you recall who made that rubber mat analogy popular? It is a good one, but I forget where I heard it before.

07-11-2009, 05:23 AM	#32
Alupleintilla Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 387 Senior Member	Unfortunately not - think of space being like a sheet of rubber and the black hole is like a very heavy ball of iron placed on to it. The rubber will deform and create a deep pit with very steep sides: it's the steepness that's the problem. Dr. Evanson, Do you recall who made that rubber mat analogy popular? It is a good one, but I forget where I heard it before.
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