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To: blam
Maybe I missed something here, but has anybody seen the move Armageden or simply seen what a penny can do to something dropped from a great height. I mean if it hit her foot it would go right through, wouldn't it. Somethings a little fishy about this.
12 posted on 08/27/2002 11:58:08 AM PDT by HELLRAISER II
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To: HELLRAISER II
I remember doing a calculation while in High School of the speed of a penny if dropped from the top of the Empire State building. We were given a coefficient that was plugged into the formula that was supposed to take into account the spinning of the penny and the drag that would occur as a result. Terminal velocity ended up being about 22mph if I remember correctly - hardly what you'd think it'd be.

I imagine the same could hold true for a space rock like this.

38 posted on 08/27/2002 12:24:59 PM PDT by Textide
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To: HELLRAISER II; Joe Hadenuf; MassExodus; Skibane
Haven't any of you guys ever heard of terminal velocity?
40 posted on 08/27/2002 12:28:53 PM PDT by Sloth
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