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What is the Schwarzschild Radius also known as?

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Event Horizon

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What is the Schwarzschild Radius?

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The point at which the escape velocity is equal to the speed of light

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What is the equation for calculating the Schwarzschild Radius?

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Rs=2GM/c²

Rc is subscript c

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