Schwarzschild Radius - Classification By Schwarzschild Radius - Stellar Black Hole

Stellar Black Hole

If one accumulates matter at nuclear density (the density of the nucleus of an atom, about 1018 kg/m3; neutron stars also reach this density), such an accumulation would fall within its own Schwarzschild radius at about 3 solar masses and thus would be a stellar black hole.

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