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[-] hansl@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Since gravity isn’t affected by weight, they’d both be the same speed, no?

[-] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

but larger things have larger mass to area ratio so larger things experience less drag per weight thus resulting in higher terminal velocity

[-] hansl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

yes, but supposing a perfectly spherical falcon…

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