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by cyphar 3310 days ago
> So anything can mathematically become a black hole if you compress it enough.

Not necessarily. If the Schwarzschild radius of the resulting black hole is on the order of a Planck Length you can't really say whether or not such an object is a black hole anymore (depending on your interpretation of the Planck Length).

On my calculator the lower bound is [\frac{r c^2}{2G}] which is ~1.09e-9 kg (give or take a factor of two depending on whether you want to consider the diameter or radius). Which is small but not as small as you might think. I also believe there are some upper limits on black holes too (that come from the upper limits of stars).

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It depends less on your interpretation of the Planck length and more on how quantum gravity actually works. We have some guesses and semi-supported theories (like Hawking radiation) but the jury is still out as to how micro black holes work, if they do in fact exist.