Submitted by BlastyBeats1 t3_ye0fr6 in askscience
As a side question, what would happen if something enters another planets atmosphere, say, Jupiter, faster than it's relative terminal velocity?
Submitted by BlastyBeats1 t3_ye0fr6 in askscience
As a side question, what would happen if something enters another planets atmosphere, say, Jupiter, faster than it's relative terminal velocity?
RobusEtCeleritas t1_ityvto7 wrote
>What happens when an object enters Earth's atmosphere traveling faster than its terminal velocity?
Drag slows it down toward its terminal velocity.
>As a side question, what would happen if something enters another planets atmosphere, say, Jupiter, faster than it's relative terminal velocity?
Same thing, just with its terminal velocity on Jupiter.