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> (Mars doesn't really do terminal velocities.) It depends on many factors, but as an order of magnitude terminal velocity on Mars is about 1000 km/h (speed of
by Florin_Andrei 10y ago
> (Mars doesn't really do terminal velocities.)
It depends on many factors, but as an order of magnitude terminal velocity on Mars is about 1000 km/h (speed of sound on Earth at sea level).
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- titzer 10y agoThat's if you were to start from velocity zero (e.g. fall off a balloon). If you start from orbital velocity, you have to slow down to terminal velocity, which takes a very long time.