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Xyphlan · Posted 06-03-2013, 02:29 AM

Well, in a vacuum, there isn't really a terminal velocity. An object would continue accelerating at 9.8 m/s^2 until it hit the ground. Though, the farther an object is from Earth, the weaker gravity is, so... hm. If you set an object some distance from the Earth, you could probably calculate the velocity at which it would be moving once it reached the core, if it were allowed to fall. Perhaps if you took the limit as this distance approached infinity, you could get a sort of theoretical maximum speed of falling to Earth...

I... I might just take a stab at this.

Xyphlan Lazy			#6347
	Well, in a vacuum, there isn't really a terminal velocity. An object would continue accelerating at 9.8 m/s^2 until it hit the ground. Though, the farther an object is from Earth, the weaker gravity is, so... hm. If you set an object some distance from the Earth, you could probably calculate the velocity at which it would be moving once it reached the core, if it were allowed to fall. Perhaps if you took the limit as this distance approached infinity, you could get a sort of theoretical maximum speed of falling to Earth... I... I might just take a stab at this. In all likelihood, you just read a clunky wall of text. There's no need for me to make you read even more in my signature.
		Posted 06-03-2013, 02:29 AM