It does effect the terminal velocity.Hermit wrote:Size has nothing to do with density.PsychoSerenity wrote:Seems perfectly possible to me.That's going to depend on the size, shape and density of it. For a small one it's going to be low.Hermit wrote:A meteor's weight to drag ratio is a lot higher than that of a Baumgartner
I think the measurements of the speed look about right. And you wouldn't be able to tell the difference if it had been dropped from a plane just high enough above to reach its terminal velocity.