Thread: Black Holes
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Old 06-01-2010, 16:30   #17
Zorland
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Default Re: Black Holes

P=Mv is a large object approximation. The photon momentum is derived from another one of Einstein's equations...

E^2 = (pc)^2 + (mc^2)^2

In the case of a photon (m=0) this reduces to
E=pc

It's pretty crazy, I admit, to think of something with non-zero momentum yet zero mass.
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