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  • QuillcrestFalconer [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    My physics is a bit rusty, but air resistence only depends on velocity and surface area, not density no?

    • QuillcrestFalconer [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Furthermore, meteors tend to enter the atmosphere at high velocities, so there's a lot of friction, and since they're much more massive the air resistence won't slow them down that much, because they have a ton of momentum

      • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        This thread feels like an elaborate bit.

        Also, meteors are bigger and they travel at terminal velocity (same as light), so they can absorb more photons than human skin (which is reflective because of oils), and that makes it appear to be in fire when in reality it's just breaking the light barrier.