Anon is a physicist - eviltoast
  • candybrie@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    There’s something to the aerodynamic profiles though. Less surface area results in less force being applied. So a flat sheet of paper falls slower than that same sheet crumpled up. The things mentioned are light and have lots of surface area for the wind to apply force to.