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From: wasser@9227.DEC (John A. Wasser)
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Subject: Frozen Stars
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Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 09:25:37 EDT
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>Incidentally, Russians refer to black holes as "frozen" stars because
>...the star appears to freeze up...
>            - Paul M. Koloc

	Another reason the Soviets call them Frozen Stars is that "Black
	Hole" is a gross obscenity in Russian.  If it wasn't they would
	probably call them Black Holes like the rest of the world.

		-John A. Wasser

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