A4_8 Whales Can’t Fly

In this paper the physics of the descent of the sperm whale from “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to theGalaxy” falling into the ocean on Earth is investigated. It is found that the terminal velocity ofthe whale is 460 m s−1, the penetration depth is 76 m and at least 2.1% of the total mass of the whale would...

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Main Authors: Sier, Anya, Wayman, James, Coulson, Rebecca, Shehzad, Habeebah, Nuttall, Heather
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The University of Leicester 2022
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Sperm whale
Online Access:https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/pst/article/view/4226
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spelling ftleicesterunojs:oai:ojs1.journals.le.ac.uk:article/4226 2023-05-15T18:26:37+02:00 A4_8 Whales Can’t Fly Sier, Anya Wayman, James Coulson, Rebecca Shehzad, Habeebah Nuttall, Heather 2022-12-16 application/pdf https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/pst/article/view/4226 eng eng The University of Leicester https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/pst/article/view/4226/3652 https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/pst/article/view/4226 Copyright (c) 2022 Physics Special Topics Physics Special Topics; Vol 21, No 1 (2022) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2022 ftleicesterunojs 2022-12-22T23:48:43Z In this paper the physics of the descent of the sperm whale from “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to theGalaxy” falling into the ocean on Earth is investigated. It is found that the terminal velocity ofthe whale is 460 m s−1, the penetration depth is 76 m and at least 2.1% of the total mass of the whale would be destroyed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sperm whale University of Leicester Open Journals
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description In this paper the physics of the descent of the sperm whale from “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to theGalaxy” falling into the ocean on Earth is investigated. It is found that the terminal velocity ofthe whale is 460 m s−1, the penetration depth is 76 m and at least 2.1% of the total mass of the whale would be destroyed.
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author Sier, Anya
Wayman, James
Coulson, Rebecca
Shehzad, Habeebah
Nuttall, Heather
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Wayman, James
Coulson, Rebecca
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Nuttall, Heather
A4_8 Whales Can’t Fly
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Wayman, James
Coulson, Rebecca
Shehzad, Habeebah
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title A4_8 Whales Can’t Fly
title_short A4_8 Whales Can’t Fly
title_full A4_8 Whales Can’t Fly
title_fullStr A4_8 Whales Can’t Fly
title_full_unstemmed A4_8 Whales Can’t Fly
title_sort a4_8 whales can’t fly
publisher The University of Leicester
publishDate 2022
url https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/pst/article/view/4226
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