No-hair theorem facts for kids
The no-hair theorem is about black holes. Black holes can be described by just three visible properties: mass, electric charge, and angular momentum, or spin.
The theory itself was first stated by Werner Israel, a Canadian physicist. Then John Archibald Wheeler said that black holes have no hairs. This gave the idea its name. What he meant was: except for these three properties, no other properties can be got from a black hole. However, Wheeler said that Jacob Bekenstein coined the phrase.
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In Spanish: Teorema de no pelo para niños
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