infinite, in the known examples, assuming that the standard redshift definition can be used all the way up to a singularity. In this sense, naked singularities are as black as black holes themselves. However, this does not appear to be a good way to preserve censorship because ultimately quantum effects near the naked singularity must be taken into account, and these will serve to distinguish a black hole from a naked singularity.

It can also be shown in a straightforward way that any shell-focusing naked singularities that might form in spherical collapse are necessarily massless [@lak] [@coo].

It can be said that if a naked singularity forms, its most significant property is that regions of extremely high curvature are exposed. This will have observable consequences which will be essentially unaffected by the other properties mentioned above. Hence these other properties can only have secondary importance.

Status of the Cosmic Censorship Hypothesis
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Until we learn something definite about non-spherical collapse, it is not possible to conclude about the validity of the hypothesis. However I would like to suggest, on the basis of what is known, that the hypothesis is unlikely to be true in classical general relativity. We also note 