[meteorite-list] Norwegian skydiver nearly struck by meteorite
Michael Mulgrew
mikestang at gmail.com
Thu Apr 3 16:13:17 EDT 2014
On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Chris Peterson wrote:
> I'd put the terminal velocity for a stone of that apparent size between 50
> and 100 m/s. Say, between 100 and 200 mph (and I'd lean towards the lower
> end given the tumbling).
The sky divers are falling, so the relative speed between them and the
rock would be even less than the rock's terminal velocity.
Michael in so. Cal.
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