geeky physics question
I've been told that if you drop 2 objects at the same height at the same time, they'll hit the ground at the same time.
But my question is this...
What about terminal velocity? The max speed of which you will fall? Do all objects have the same terminal velocity?
But my question is this...
What about terminal velocity? The max speed of which you will fall? Do all objects have the same terminal velocity?
Comments
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Terminal velocity factors air resistance, assuming both objects experience the same air resistance they will hit at the same time. Say that both are spheres but one is bigger. The bigger one would experience slightly more air resistance and hit later than the smaller one.
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A bird was roadkill?
Don't you mean airline kill?
Well then the chances of it still being attached are slim, depending on the height of the fall. See, if it falls over X number of meters chances are when it hits the ground the body would splatter to dissipate the kinetic energy... depending on the mass and seed of it's fall... Now if it got sucked into a plane engine/prop/jet the question would turn from what we're discussing now to why we're discussing it and to what bird are we referring to; there would be no bird to discuss.
But now you've derailed the thread, lets get it back on track.
With no air resistance and the gravitational force on both objects being the same, would a person falling from 60 meters and a bowling ball falling from 60 meters at the same time have the same terminal velocity and hit the ground at the same time?
But this could raise another question, the acceleration of which the object would reach terminal velocity... they could be the same, but it could take one object longer than the other. Could take the human longer but the only thing I can truly see effecting this would be air resistance. -
Well then the chances of it still being attached are slim, depending on the height of the fall. See, if it falls over X number of meters chances are when it hits the ground the body would splatter to dissipate the kinetic energy... depending on the mass and seed of it's fall... Now if it got sucked into a plane engine/prop/jet the question would turn from what we're discussing now to why we're discussing it and to what bird are we referring to; there would be no bird to discuss.
But now you've derailed the thread, lets get it back on track.
With no air resistance and the gravitational force on both objects being the same, would a person falling from 60 meters and a bowling ball falling from 60 meters at the same time have the same terminal velocity and hit the ground at the same time?
But this could raise another question, the acceleration of which the object would reach terminal velocity... they could be the same, but it could take one object longer than the other. Could take the human longer but the only thing I can truly see effecting this would be air resistance.
It's Tweety we're talking about.
He can't die.
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