The most accurate speed a cop can measure for your car is if they are standing right in front of your car while it's speeding and they take the measurement. The person measuring the speed of the pitcher sits behind home plate behind the screen. It made me want to watch baseball because I want to know what's happening with the groin cam.
What is exit velocity? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore parabolas, measuring the speed of an object using the Doppler effect, and other physics in baseball.
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