Two black holes?

Question

What would happen to the region of space between two black holes with equal gravitational pull that were facing each other.
i.e. if you could build a space ship that could (in theory) survive and flew it into this region would it be suspended in the middle in a altered(slower) time.
See crude diagram below () is black hole. ~ is gravitational force. # is space ship

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sorry i ment to say that the ship would be suspended at a point of equilibrium between the equall black holes

Actually i have seen a flaw in my question as i am thinking in two dimensional space.....

Answer 1

Interesting question...Assuming that we had an environment that could handle all the other "stuff" associated with black holes, then I would think that if we could find the equilibrium point between them, then we stand a good chance of being spagettied out of existence due to opposing intense gravitational forces. Look at it this way...there will only be a small region or line between the black holes where the gravitational forces would cancel out. You move off that line just a little bit, let's say a millimeter and you would be drawn to one side or the other. This of course is assuming that the black holes were in close proximity to each other. If not then you would feel the constant gentle tug from opposite directions that would most likely just give you a bad headache and make you grumpy.

Good Luck in your space travels.

Answer 2

YOu could find an equilibrium point where a mass has equal and opposite forces from the black holes balance to zero. Whether the space ship survives or not depends on the size of the black holes and how far apart they are. The closer they are to each other, the steeper the gravity gradient (change in gravitational force as a function of distance). If the gradient is really steep and changes significantly over the length of the ship, it will be ripped apart. Of course, if the black holes are that close, they are probably moving toward each other and will coolide.

Answer 3

There are stable orbits possible inbetween two massive objects. The point most people bring up is the mass of the two objects (two black holes in this case). As mentioned there is something called a tidal force (called by some a gravitational gradient). Basically, there is only a point where there is no net force towards either. But part of your and your ship would be on each side of that point. So, those parts will feel a force towards the massive object and would tear you apart.

Answer 4

If the BH's were more than a few Schwarzschild radii apart, they might orbit each other (for a while). If they were as far apart as the Sun and Jupiter, they could orbit for quite a while -- billions of years. In that case, the equilibrium points between them would be quite safe. In fact , they would be just a safe as the same places in a double star system.

Once you get a few million miles from a BH, there's nothing magic about the gravity from it. After all, it has less gravity than the star that it formed from.

Answer 5

the probability of two black holes having the same...exactly the
same mass is exceedingly low. mass and gravity are directly
related. the probability of two black holes of any mass in such close proximity is even lower. were it possible to have conditions such as you describe, one of the black holes would have more influence on the craft then the other. the most advanced craft known do not possess the mass distributed symmetry necessary. and even if the gravitational field were on the ' mass fulcrum ' point, the craft would tilt or otherwise be more affected by one of the gravity sources

Answer 6

i think that the immense gravitational force would rip the ship apart. depending on how far the black holes are spaced.

Answer 7

i don't be responsive to approximately merging, however the assumption of them orbiting one yet another for some time is extra attainable on the 2nd. The galaxy andromeda easily has 2 super huge black holes orbiting one yet another on the midsection of the galaxy, indicating andromeda has swallowed yet another galaxy, black hollow and each thing. Milky way galaxy is next by employing the way.

Answer 8

If you were in the exact exact exact center nothing would happen because the forces would be cancled there. but if you are even a little bit off then you will get pulled in.