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Originally Posted by NHR+
If you put v = c in the circular orbit eq. and solve for r, you'll get
r = GM/c^2 = 0.5Rs.
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This is a strictly Newtonian view. The relativistic circular orbit equation includes a factor [1-2GM/(rc^2)]^(-.5) and it yields an orbital radius of 1.5Rs for light around a non-rotating black hole. For a popular (fun) account, see Prof. Kip Thorne's book "
Black holes and time warps", 1994, Prologue, page 39. More technical info is available in many sources, e.g. Misner, Thorne and Wheeler's "
Gravitation".
I'm actually quite surprised that Dr. Gay made this apparent mistake. Or am I missing something?