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Re: [Phys-l] Final velocity of bullets

Jack wrote:
This is an erroneous use of "terminal velocity". That velocity is is the
speed at which a body falling under gravityis that at which Mg=Air
resistance. There are no limiting velocities for bodies moving through
the atmosphere.

The limiting velocities *are* speeds of light depending on the gravitational potential... :-)

Alphonsus