what would happen to someone standing on the sidewalk at the bottom of the Empire State Building that is struck by a penny throw

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alexgriva [62]

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what would happen to someone standing on the sidewalk at the bottom of the Empire State Building that is struck by a penny throw

n from the observatory at the top?

Physics

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Dmitry_Shevchenko [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-10-25T07:47:07+03:00

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throwing a penny off the empire State building wouldn't it kill someone, the penny only weighs about a gram and it tumbles as it falls, a gram of weight traveling at a revel Tilly slow speed might hurt a little if it hit you up the head but it's definitely not going to kill you.

Dmitry_Shevchenko [17] · Answer 2 · 2022-10-25T09:41:38+03:00

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Throwing a penny off the Empire State Building wouldn't kill someone. A penny only weighs about a gram and it tumbles as it falls. Because of the tumbling and the lightweight, there's so much air resistance that the penny never really gathers that much speed before it hits its terminal velocity. A gram of weight traveling at a relatively slow speed might hurt a little if it hit you on the head, but it's not going to kill you.

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