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Richard[_9_]

I would think a person (or thing) would be pulled apart but a much
lower gradient that that...

For what it's worth.

Richard Lamb
(the Cavelamb)

On 6/20/2014 4:11 PM, wrote:
SNIP
AT the event horizon, the acceleration level is 1.0 C (the speed of
light in a vacuum). Is that really a "weak" gradient?
Well, the gradient is the difference in the pull of gravity over the
length of your body. If you are close to the singularity the
difference in pull from your head to your toes is so high you will be
torn apart into a long, thin stream of your constituent parts. But far
enough away from the singularity the difference is so slight you won't
even notice the very slight stretching when you pass through the event
horizon.
Eric

But AT the event horizon, where the gravitational pull exceeds the speed
of light, I somehow suspect that you are WAY too close to be that far away.

As far as the floating or hovering theory goes, what point-of-view do we
attribute that to? Surely not someone outside the event horizon...