28 May
2012
28 May
'12
6:56 p.m.
From: Warren Smith <warren.wds@gmail.com>
To: math-fun@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [math-fun] math-fun Digest, Vol 111, Issue 28
Before 1969 or so, the literature often called black hole s"frozen stars" to connot the fact they were "frozen eternally just outside their event horizon." But then Wheeler coined the phrase "black hole" and it stuck -- he laughed off complaints this name was "undignified" and "obscene" :)
------------------------------------------------------------------ Fortunately, people mellowed somewhat in time for the theorem "A black hole has no hair", meaning that a black hole is completely characterized by its mass, angular momentum, and charge. -- Gene