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pretty neat. I wish it would tell you an approximate terminal velocity for the mass of your asteroid.
by gwill 4y ago
pretty neat. I wish it would tell you an approximate terminal velocity for the mass of your asteroid.
- djexjms 4y agoThird field down after simulating the impact.
- jamesmaniscalco 4y agoThere is a nice calculator for terminal velocity of a sphere in air here: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/airfri2.html http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/airfri2.html That being said, I'm not sure how relevant terminal velocity is for anything but the smallest/slowest ends of the parameters of this app. For an asteroid going 38,000 mph (default speed on linked page), drag just doesn't play a big part - the asteroid passes through the atmosphere in ~5 seconds, not enough time for it to slow down significantly.