Spaghettification
Purpose
Demonstrates spaghettification — the stretching of objects by tidal forces near a black hole. Students see how differential gravity across an extended body produces elongation along the radial direction and compression perpendicular to it.
Figure 1:
Silly Putty figure before (left) and after (right) simulated spaghettification. The stretched figure shows elongation along the radial direction and narrowing perpendicular to it.
Equipment
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