What happens if a black hole entered the solar system?

If a PBH found its way into our solar system, that black hole would orbit the sun like a planet would, and it would tug on dwarf planets and asteroids just like the theoretical Planet 9 would.

Can a black hole swallow a solar system?

If a black hole under 100 million masses of our Sun entered our Solar System, it wouldn’t swallow the Sun in one go. It would gradually start pulling matter from our star, until all that’s left of it would be a cloud of gas. A black hole of that size and mass would devour the Sun in a moment.

What would happen if a black hole entered your solar system?

If a black hole like Cygnus X-1 were to stray near the Solar System, within a light-year or so, its gravity would cause chaos . The orbits of the outer planets and comets would be significantly and possibly disastrously altered, and this would in turn threaten the orbits of the inner planets and even the Sun.

What is the closest black hole to our Solar System?

They’re smaller than their supermassive cousins — the smallest is about 12 miles (19 kilometers) across — and may be quite common in any galaxy [source: Wethington]. The closest stellar black hole to our solar system is Cygnus X-1, which is about 6,000 light-years away.

Is a black hole bigger than your solar system?

The black hole and its accretion disk, or orbiting ring of hot matter, is larger than the solar system. It’s located about 53.4 million light-years from Earth and weighs about as much as 6.5 billion suns.

What if a black hole formed near our Solar System?

It would be practically impossible for a black hole to form in or near our solar system. Black holes are formed when there is enough energy to compress an object so as its radius is at the most equal to its Schwartzchild radius (R=2GM/c^2). The amount of energy simply cannot be produced.