Bonus points, I tried to do these calcs and the basketball likely has a terminal...

crdrost on Jan 13, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: I built a gravity simulator in pure CSS

Bonus points, I tried to do these calcs and the basketball likely has a terminal velocity ≈ 19.7 ± 0.3 m/s whereas the tennis ball likely has a terminal velocity ≈ 22.7 ± 0.4 m/s... As air resistance kicks in the tennis ball should pull ahead, not lag behind!

GDoc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AnUeQ0RR7a5GA6Nrtef7...

me_me_me on Jan 13, 2022 [–]

Extra credit if you consider object spinning or not to determine impact of Magnus effect