Cosmic Queries – Geek Time! with Charles Liu
StarTalk Radio
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Golfer High Altitude in Colorado
If you increase the mass, then you reduce the velocity that javelin and thrower can make. So basically it goes from javelins to small trees. When your ball leaves the asteroid, just like, oh, man, well, get over guys. Standing on a comet, every single fastball that Jacob de Grom throws would go into orbit or possibly even escape into deep space. Ryan Gerenz: Is the ball flying further due to the lower air pressure at higher elevations and therefore less air resistance? Or is it due to the dryness of the air and lack of humidity that gives less resistance? Tyson Suss: Could I hit a driver off the top of Mount
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