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Dear Mr Upadhye
If the whole solar system, including earth, were already falling into a black hole, would we notice it.
Thanks
Hi,
Going by the twin paradox, where the twin travelling "very fast" is percieved to have slowed down his aging, by the other normal time twin, here in this case, the people who were "not falling" would percieve those who were falling as taking a very long long time to fall.
Whereas those who actually were falling would do that in their "real time".
The perception of time for those who "fell" would be different from those that did not.
hope that suffices.
regards
Jayen
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Answers by Expert:
Jayendra Upadhye
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1 - General questions on most astronomy topics such as:- Solar system, Cosmology, Black holes, Quasars, Dark matter etc. 2 - General questions about the geologies of planets. 3 - General questions about Orbits and laws governing them. 4 - General questions about rockets / spaceships 5 - General questions about stellar interiors and supernovas.
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I was an askme.com expert rated no#1 for quite some time - and was top ten there by the time it closed - in Astronomy and general science categories.
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Bachelor of Engg. (Electrical engg), Maharaja Sayajirao university of Baroda, Gujarat, India.
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