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rotating black hole

سیه‌چال ِ چرخان

siyahcâl-e carxân

Fr.: trou noir en rotation

A black hole that possesses angular momentum, as first postulated by Roy C. Kerr in 1963. Opposite of a stationary black hole. → ergosphere.

See also: → rotating; → black hole.