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Old 06-27-2003, 06:52 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Yeah, it would just keep accelerating
There's no matter in the vacuum other than the object itself, so there's no friction. Knowing that terminal velocity is caused by the force of friction "balancing" the force of gravity, there can be no terminal velocity in a vacuum. Thus, the only force acting on it is gravity...so it will keep accelerating.
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