For the purpose of a science fiction story I was wondering what a black-hole 'solar' system would be like for humans. Suppose we start with a 10-solar-mass BH and a Jupiter-size gas-giant at 8 AU, and put a human settlement of one of its moons.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/research/exploringtheuniverse/marsguillies.html John Bluck NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Phone: 650/604-5026