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Chapter 25, Problem 26E
The next step in deciding whether the object in Exercise 25.25 is a black hole is to estimate the density of this mass. Assume that all of the mass is spread uniformly throughout a sphere with a radius of 20 lighthours. What is the density in kg/km3? (Remember that the volume of a sphere is given by
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