APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

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Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by BSVulturis » Thu May 17, 2018 6:27 pm

Committee.

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by neufer » Thu May 17, 2018 2:30 pm

  • A Camp Pamadeva of black holes.
https://www.ydr.com/story/news/history/blogs/york-town-square/2008/10/28/outhouse/31651693/ wrote:
The Outhouse Rules - York County, circa 1935
Jim McClure, YorkDailyRecord Oct. 28, 2008

<<One of the retired educators attending the speech, Jim Rudisill, told about a 16-holer at Camp Pamadeva, near Smith Station in southwestern York County. That was 16 on the boys' side and 16 on the girls' side, situated back to back. Hmm, that makes 32 holes.>>

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by tomatoherd » Thu May 17, 2018 12:56 pm

it's obvious (to me) now:

the collective for ghostly black holes should be a "haunt".

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by sillyworm2 » Mon May 14, 2018 8:21 pm

a whole bunch of black holes

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by Tx Manx » Mon May 14, 2018 5:20 pm

A Blind of Black Holes...

.: Tx Manx

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by LPComiré » Mon May 14, 2018 5:09 pm

I would go with a "Cauldron of Black Holes". It boils and bubbles all the time...

Though a "Plurality" of singularities does have a touch of irony, humour and logic all in one.

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by pferkul » Mon May 14, 2018 4:20 pm

I like these alliterative possibilities:

a blunderbuss of black holes
a blockbuster of black holes
a blowout of black holes
a blitz of black holes

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by neufer » Mon May 14, 2018 4:00 pm

tomatoherd wrote: Mon May 14, 2018 1:38 pm
Since a group of ravens is called a "conspiracy", and a group of crows (also black) is called a "murder", i vote for a group of black holes to called either a "plot" (which has both the scheming and the cemetery parcel connotations), or a "collusion" (which also has the first four letters of "collapsed").
  • There is no "collusion."

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by tomatoherd » Mon May 14, 2018 1:38 pm

Since a group of ravens is called a "conspiracy", and a group of crows (also black) is called a "murder", i vote for a group of black holes to called either a "plot" (which has both the scheming and the cemetery parcel connotations), or a "collusion" (which also has the first four letters of "collapsed").

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by ta152h0 » Sun May 13, 2018 4:21 pm

M0 Summer camp

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by mikeaq1 » Sun May 13, 2018 3:36 pm

Perhaps:

a lace
an emmental (Swiss Cheese)
a hawking (in his honor)
an event
a horizon
a consternation (takeoff on constellation; also stern = star in German)
a concavum (see http://www.majstro.com/dictionaries/Latin-English/cavum)

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by BDanielMayfield » Sun May 13, 2018 2:58 pm

Since no one else has yet suggested it, a Maelstrom of Black Holes.

Bruce

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by sillyworm2 » Sun May 13, 2018 1:20 pm

pocketful

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by daviejones99 » Sun May 13, 2018 1:18 pm

neufer wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 1:58 pm
daviejones01 wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 1:43 pm
A maw of black holes.

As in The Maw; a cluster of black holes near the planet Kessel in the Star Wars universe.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_Maw wrote:
  • "Only a complete idiot would go into a place like that."
    ―Lando Calrissian
Hey, it's me.
-Han Solo
https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/v ... tion=click

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by Chris Peterson » Sun May 13, 2018 1:06 pm

Catalina wrote: Sun May 13, 2018 3:30 am I have read so many times about the "super-massive black hole" at the centers of galaxies. I understand that Sig A holds that title for the Milky Way. Is it likely that these other galaxies have collections of lesser black holes at their centers, as well? What keeps them from swallowing each other up?
They're just stellar mass objects orbiting a central mass. Unless they come close enough to collide with something (which is rare), they're no different from stars. Their gravitational attraction is the same as stars.

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by Brit_in_Exile » Sun May 13, 2018 9:12 am

I thought Calcutta but some other folks beat me to it, so how about a Sucker of Black holes. For example "Wow, all those Black Holes, those suckers could rip the chrome off a Harley-Davidson"

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by Catalina » Sun May 13, 2018 3:30 am

A brood of black holes.
I have read so many times about the "super-massive black hole" at the centers of galaxies. I understand that Sig A holds that title for the Milky Way. Is it likely that these other galaxies have collections of lesser black holes at their centers, as well? What keeps them from swallowing each other up?

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by izizil01 » Sun May 13, 2018 3:13 am

A SUCK of Black Holes. That was the first thing that came to my mind when I thought about many black holes in one place... it was just a giant suck of holes. :shock:

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by neufer » Sun May 13, 2018 12:28 am

jimbo48 wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 11:35 pm
jimbo48 wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 10:00 pm
Anyone notice that all the black holes are on the left side of Sgr A*?
Why is that? Is it related somehow to possible counterclockwise rotation with the left side coming at us?
Why the left-handed polarity???? Anybody understand this?
  • 1) A selection bias of the survey, itself.
    2) Sgr A* doesn't accurately represent the center of the Milky Way.

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by jimbo48 » Sat May 12, 2018 11:35 pm

jimbo48 wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 10:00 pm Anyone notice that all the black holes are on the left side of Sgr A*?
Why is that? Is it related somehow to possible counterclockwise rotation with the left side coming at us?
Why the left-handed polarity???? Anybody understand this?

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by Stardance Alpha » Sat May 12, 2018 10:53 pm

Obviously .... A Singularity Cluster .... or perhaps a Singularity Cloud .... or a Festival of black holes, or a Convocation, ..... anything but Seminar, puhleez!

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by hoot » Sat May 12, 2018 10:06 pm

Oops! I meant; A "disappearance" of Black Holes. Bad typing . . .

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by hoot » Sat May 12, 2018 10:05 pm

A "disappearance of Black Holes".

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by jimbo48 » Sat May 12, 2018 10:00 pm

Anyone notice that all the black holes are on the left side of Sgr A*?
Why is that? Is it related somehow to possible counterclockwise rotation with the left side coming at us?

Re: APOD: A Plurality of Singularities at the... (2018 May 12)

by alcor » Sat May 12, 2018 9:38 pm

With such a pack of black holes, there should exist hyper-velocity black holes thrown out of the center by the massive Sgr A*. With perhaps a lot of luck one should even find a hypervelocity binary including a black hole. Or have researchers already found one?

Just as research show it is possible for casual stars being thrown away from the Milky Way center by the massive black hole (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_k ... city_stars), with velocities of around 1000 km/s.

I chose a pack of black holes, as in pack of wolves. I would prefer to stay away from both of them. And black holes rhymes somewhat with wolves.

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