Does Anyone Have Any Interesting Theories As To What Would Happen To A Black Hole If It Were To Stop Spinning?

Question

Center for Astrophysics-led team has measured a black hole spinning so rapidly - turning more than 950 times per second - that it pushes the predicted speed limit for rotation.

Although astronomers have been successful at measuring black hole mass, they have found it much more difficult to measure the second fundamental parameter of a black hole, its spin.

"Indeed, until this year, there was no credible estimate of spin for any black hole," says Narayan.

A black hole's gravity is so strong that, as the black hole spins, it drags the surrounding space along. The edge of this spinning hole is called the event horizon. Any material crossing the event horizon is pulled into the black hole.

"The black hole spin frequency we measured is the rate at which space-time is spinning, or is being dragged, right at the black hole's event horizon,"

Yeah, They Do Spin.

Answer 1

Once it stopped spinning, it would most likley lose its balance, walk sideways, and eventually fall over

Answer 2

If I'm not mistaken (and some simple research will answer this), black holes don't spin. How can a point that exists as a singularty spin? At the very least, their "spinning" isn't the cause behind their effects, so it wouldn't matter if they stopped spinning. The reason matter that's sucked in to them spins is due to the effect gravity has on space. The most elegant example: take a piece of rubber, flat and thin like paper, spread it out and drop a ball on it. Anything that has a mass less than the ball will spin around the ball as it falls in. Are you familiar with the large cones found in malls where one drops a quarter and watches it spin around the center before dropping in? That's the same idea. It isn't the black hole that spins; it's the matter falling into it.

Answer 3

Stop spinning, in relation to what? The galaxy which surrounds it, or the center of the universe? Movement is relative. The only way to stop any object from spinning is to stop EVERYTHING- that being the entire universe.

There are planets and moons which have their rotations synchronized with thier orbits. Our moon is like that- it has a dark side that is always facing away from us. If this would happen to a galaxy & its black hole, the singularity will lose its shape. Take a glass of water, and fill it full of glitter. Move it in a horizontal circle while gripping it. You get a different result than if you spun the glass around real fast.

Answer 4

you are quite confused of black hole. visit this website


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole