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Old 25-11-2010, 03:16 PM
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Rob,

The event horizon has no physical reality in the black hole's frame of reference. It only exists to an observer outside the horizon. It cannot be distorted by gravity because it doesn't exist to the black hole.


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Steven
Steven,

Looks like we need some observational evidence.
It is the reality of the event horizon relative to an outside observer that is relevant here. In my opinion, the event horizon will appear to be distorted by the gravity of the interacting black holes to an observer outside the horizon.

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