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The '''Hoop Conjecture''', proposed by [[Kip Thorne]] in 1972, states that an [[Implosion (mechanical process)|imploding]] object forms a [[black hole]] when, and only when, a circular hoop with a specific critical circumference could be placed around the object and rotated. The critical circumference is given by:

: <math>c=2\pi r_s\,\!</math>
where
: <math>c\,\!</math> is the critical circumference;
: <math>r_s\,\!</math> is the object's [[Schwarzschild radius]];

Thorne calculated the effects of [[gravitation]] on objects of different shapes (spheres, and cylinders that are infinite in one direction), and concluded that the object needed to be compressed in all three directions before gravity led to the formation of a black hole. With cylinders, the [[event horizon]] was formed when the object could fit inside the hoop described above. The mathematics to prove the same for objects of all shapes was too difficult for him at that time, but he formulated his hypothesis as the hoop conjecture.

==See also==
*[[General relativity]]

== References ==
* [[Kip Thorne|Thorne, Kip]], ''[[Black Holes and Time Warps|Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy]]'', W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition, January 1, 1995. ISBN 0-393-31276-3.

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