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SarcasticSully
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The Schwarzschild Radius of an object is the length such that if the object is shrunk down that small, the escape velocity becomes equal to the speed of light. That being said, however, the escape velocity of any gravitational body matters where it is measured relative to the center of mass because the idea of the escape speed is that the kinetic energy plus the potential energy equals 0 and gravitational potential energy is dependent on position. So my question is what distance from the center of mass of the object does the escape speed have to be equal to the speed of light for the distance the object is contracted to to fit the criteria of the Schwarzschild Radius?