The Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way
Mass = 5 million solar masses
Radius (of inner horizon)
»
G
M
/
c
2
= 6 million km = 10 solar radii
Natural timescale
»
G
M
/
c
3
= 30 seconds
Dimensionless accretion rate =
30 seconds
Age of Universe
= 10
-
16
Inflationary scale length = 10
-
16
× Radius = 10
-
4
millimeters
Þ
In less than 1 millimeter, the density at the inner horizon
will exponentiate to vastly greater than the Planck density.
Maelstrom