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Originally Posted by xelasnave
I think one may find tidal forces would start demolition of the stick well before it could approach the event horizon, unless it was an imaginary stick.
And so we could observe the ends of a stick as it's ends are eaten away...it would be dust that would pass the event horizon.
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It depends on the mass of the black hole.
The event horizon radius is proportional to the black hole mass.
The larger the mass, the greater the radius, the lesser the tidal forces.
For a supermassive black hole, tidal forces at the event horizon are insignificant.
In the sticks frame of reference nothing significant happens as it crosses the event horizon of a supermassive black hole.
Steven