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Imagine that the entire Sun collapses to a sphere of radius $R_{g}$ such that the work required to remove a small mass $m$ from the surface would be equal to its rest energy $m c^{2} .$ This radius is called the gravitational radius for the Sun. Find $R_{g}$ . (It is believed that the ultimate fate of very massive stars is to collapse beyond their gravitational radii into black holes.)

Answer

1470 $\mathrm{m}$

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Gravitation

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