Why isn’t a penny dropped from space able to kill you?
In: Physics
Newton’s 1st law.
An object will stay in motion until it is acted on by an outside force. In this case the air creating friction on the penny. Same principle that forces your hand back when you stick out a car window. No matter how much momentum it gains from falling to earth the atmosphere will slow it down. It will only ever go so fast. In science it’s called “terminal velocity”.
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