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To: 101voodoo

Terminal velocity will be a higher speed at higher altitudes due to the thinner air. At low altitudes, your figure is correct.


8 posted on 01/23/2010 2:43:28 AM PST by Textide
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To: Textide
or a person in free fall, the terminal speed is about 60 m/s or 135 miles/hour. >

I would think that it would all depend on air density, which would include altitude and temperature. I don't think this one speed would be a consistent number.

11 posted on 01/23/2010 3:02:36 AM PST by Big Giant Head (Running my computer bare naked for over a year with no infections at all.)
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