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This is theoretical, but if we had a black hole with event horizon of radius R, and passed in a continuous stream of stellar matter with a radius of 99% of R or so,
would the black hole take in everything, no matter how fast it was moving?
For example, we have a sufficiently long rod of a hard metal (let's say a few light-years long), with a radius near the size of the event horizon. If this rod were rammed into the black hole at nearly light speed, would it just eat up all of it. Or is it possible that some would pass through by virtue of it's momentum or inertia?
would the black hole take in everything, no matter how fast it was moving?
For example, we have a sufficiently long rod of a hard metal (let's say a few light-years long), with a radius near the size of the event horizon. If this rod were rammed into the black hole at nearly light speed, would it just eat up all of it. Or is it possible that some would pass through by virtue of it's momentum or inertia?