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  2. Terminal velocity - Wikipedia

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    Graph of velocity versus time of a skydiver reaching a terminal velocity. Based on air resistance, for example, the terminal speed of a skydiver in a belly-to-earth (i.e., face down) free fall position is about 55 m/s (180 ft/s). [3]

  3. Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    The timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic lists the articles containing the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, [1] the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 occurred in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, on or about 17 November 2019. [2]

  4. Equations for a falling body - Wikipedia

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    In this case, the terminal velocity increases to about 320 km/h (200 mph or 90 m/s), [citation needed] which is almost the terminal velocity of the peregrine falcon diving down on its prey. [4] The same terminal velocity is reached for a typical .30-06 bullet dropping downwards—when it is returning to earth having been fired upwards, or ...

  5. File:Graph of velocity versus time of a skydiver reaching a ...

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    English: Graph of the velocity versus time of a skydiver reaching terminal velocity. The time evolution is given by = ...

  6. Speed skydiving - Wikipedia

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    So, for a human in belly-to-earth position (A = 0.7 m 2, m = 90 kg, C d = 1) this gives 50.6 m/s, about the terminal velocity of the typical skydiver of 55 m/s. The skydiver cannot increase their mass easily enough to significantly increase terminal velocity, and the skydiver's area cross-section is limited by their helmet and shoulders in a ...

  7. Ballistic missile flight phases - Wikipedia

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    The boost phase is the portion of the flight of a ballistic missile or space vehicle during which the booster and sustainer engines operate until it reaches peak velocity. . This phase can take 3 to 4 minutes for a solid rocket (shorter for a liquid-propellant rocket), the altitude at the end of this phase is 150–200 km, and the typical burn-out speed is 7 k

  8. Poll: Majority of Americans support Trump's plan to declare ...

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    (The Center Square) – A majority of Americans support President-elect Donald Trump's plan to declare a national emergency over the border crisis, according to a new poll.

  9. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    However, there is a lack of sources which describe major TB epidemics with definite time spans and death tolls. Hepatitis B : According to the World Health Organization, as of 2019 [update] there are about 296 million people living with chronic hepatitis B, with 1.5 million new infections each year.