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Black Holes and the Dark Side of the Moon

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The Sub-Back of the Envelope Calculation

Once you're about 5.5 million kilometres away, then the pull on your body just from that black hole would be about the same as right now here on Earth. With such a massive time dilation, one minute here is about 700 years on our planet. The brightest object in the galaxy could now be my bald spot. But I can take solace in the fact that anyone observing my fall is seeing some pretty weird stuff, too.

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