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by bmitc 816 days ago
> as black holes have the odd property of getting less 'dense' as their mass grows

What is a black hole's density?

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Mass divided by volume encased by the event horizon?
Isn't it thought that a black hole's mass is concentrated in the center in a miniscule volume, such that the mass is not distributed throughout the "volume" contained by the event horizon? I'm not understanding what density means for a black hole when it isn't known what's between the singularity and event horizon.
I think from the outside, it doesn't matter whether the mass is uniformly distributed throughout the volume or concentrated at the centre - you would feel the same force of gravity. (I'd be interested to hear if there is an experiment you could do just measuring gravity to differentiate between the two!)