What is terminal velocity? Well, when an object is falling in the atmosphere there are two forces that mostly govern the object’s motion. Here is a diagram.

Terminal velocity is the maximum speed achieved by an object freely falling through a gas or liquid. At terminal velocity, the forces acting on the object are balanced so it is no longer accelerating.

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...

During a sky dive (which is not free fall - free fall implies there is only the gravitational force acting on the object), there are essentially two forces to consider: gravity and air resistance.

Using drizzle detectors, researchers discovered tiny raindrops falling more than 1.3 times as fast as terminal velocity, the speed at which air resistance cancels out gravitational pull.

Terminal velocity is the maximum speed achieved by an object freely falling through a gas or liquid. At terminal velocity, the forces acting on the object are balanced so it is no longer accelerating.