How would length contraction do an object falling into a black hole?

Subject: How would length contraction do an object falling into a black hole?

Date: Thu Mar 8 15:34:53 2001
Posted by Stewart
Grade level: undergrad School: No school entered.
City: Tidioute State/Province: PA Country: USA
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 984083693.As

Message:


If an observer is watching an astronaut free fall into a black hole, he would 
see the gravitational tidal forces stretching the astronaut, and he would also 
see the astronaut’s length contract as the astronaut gains velocity, according 
to the special theory of relativity. What would be the combined effect of the 
contracting and stretching on the astronaut from the observer point of view?  
What would be happening from the astronaut’s perspective?

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