black hole

astronomical object so massive, that anything falling into it, including light, cannot escape its gravity
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black hole

Summary

black hole is an astronomical object type[1]. It ranks in the top 0.35% of astronomical_object_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39,854 views/month, #1 of 289).[2]

Key Facts

  • black hole's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type[3].
  • black hole is a type of massive compact halo object[4].
  • black hole is a type of compact object[5].
  • black hole is part of compact object[6].
  • black hole's Commons category is recorded as Black holes[7].
  • black hole is the opposite of white hole[8].
  • black hole comprises firewall[9].
  • black hole comprises event horizon[10].
  • black hole comprises gravitational singularity[11].
  • black hole comprises Soft hair[12].
  • black hole comprises ergosphere[13].
  • black hole comprises innermost stable circular orbit[14].
  • black hole comprises photon sphere[15].
  • black hole comprises Cauchy horizon[16].
  • black hole comprises Shock singularity[17].
  • black hole comprises mass inflation[18].
  • black hole's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Black holes[19].
  • black hole's Commons gallery is recorded as Black hole[20].
  • black hole's topic has template is recorded as Template:Black holes[21].
  • black hole's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/black-holes/[22].
  • black hole's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/tags/black-hole/[23].
  • black hole's end cause is recorded as Hawking radiation[24].
  • black hole's has effect is recorded as Hawking radiation[25].
  • black hole's has characteristic is recorded as mass[26].
  • black hole's has characteristic is recorded as electric charge[27].

Body

Definition and Type

black hole's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type[3]. Recorded subclass of include massive compact halo object[4] and compact object[5]. It is the opposite of white hole[8].

Use and Application

Components include firewall[9], a scientific hypothesis[28]; event horizon[10], a hypersurface[29]; gravitational singularity[11]; Soft hair[12]; ergosphere[13]; and innermost stable circular orbit[14]. black hole is part of compact object[6].

Influence

Things named for black hole include white hole[30], an astronomical object type[31]; it cosmology[32], a non-standard cosmology[33]; blanet[34], a scientific hypothesis[35]; no-hair theorem[36], a theorem[37]; sonic it[38], a physical phenomenon[39]; and BlackCAT[40], a space telescope[41], in United States[42].

Why It Matters

black hole ranks in the top 0.35% of astronomical_object_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39,854 views/month, #1 of 289).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for it include white hole[30], an astronomical object type[31]; it cosmology[32], a non-standard cosmology[33]; blanet[34], a scientific hypothesis[35]; no-hair theorem[36], a theorem[37]; sonic it[38], a physical phenomenon[39]; and BlackCAT[40], a space telescope[41], in United States[42].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Putnik · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id juodoji-skyle
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7666]]: juodoji-skyle"
  2. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0000786-cerne-diry
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0000786-cerne-diry, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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