The "Astronaut and Wrench Momentum Problem" is a thought experiment that demonstrates the conservation of momentum in space. It involves an astronaut who is working on a spaceship and throws a wrench away from the ship. The question is, what happens to the astronaut and the spaceship after the...
Tags Black hole Collisions Conservation of momentum Hole Particle In summary, there is energy and angular momentum conservation in the general Schwarzschild metric, but it is unclear if there is also linear momentum conservation. The behavior of black holes is different from ordinary objects, so it...