A Space Freighter Accidentally Drops a Steel Beam While Passing

question 139

Multiple Choice

A space freighter accidentally drops a steel beam while passing a black hole, and the beam starts falling toward the black hole with the long direction of the beam pointing toward the black hole. What happens to the beam as it approaches the event horizon?

• A) The beam expands in all dimensions to the size of the black hole event horizon when it reaches this distance from the singularity.
• B) The beam is stretched in length and compressed in width.
• C) The beam is compressed in both length and width.
• D) The beam is compressed in length and stretched in width.

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