• shalafi@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Terminal velocity: It can only fall so fast, no matter what. Objects don’t continue accelerating faster and faster. At some point, they’re going as fast as they can go given conditions.

      In other words, there may be do difference in dropping it out a 3-story window, 16,000 feet, or 120,000 feet.

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        7 months ago

        Ya I know what terminal velocity is, but given the fact that phones are known to break from drops of less than 10 feet, which is definitely sub terminal that’s hugely impressive