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What happens when you shoot bullets straight up?
Shot straight up, the bullet will climb and decelerate as it loses energy, at the top, the bullet will have zero energy and tumble back to earth, landing in the vicinity of the firing point. the bullet will experience atmospheric drag on the way up and the way down.
How long does it take a bullet to reach the ground?
When you fire a bullet into the air, it typically takes between 20 and 90 seconds for it to come down, depending on the angle it was fired at, its muzzle velocity and its caliber.
How fast is a bullet when shot?
An average bullet travels at around 2736 Kilometers/hour or 1700 miles/hour. That’s 6 times faster than the top speed of the fastest car in the world. Many bullets travel faster than the speed of sound. Bullets are 3 times faster than the commercial jet aircraft at about 400–500 knots.
Can you shoot a bullet on the Moon?
Gun: Yes. The oxidizer is within the gun powder, so a gun will fire in the vacuum of the Moon. The bullet will travel significantly farther, because it will fall slower and there will be no air resistance. That can’t happen on the Moon.
How long does it take for a bullet to come down?
When you fire a bullet into the air, it typically takes between 20 and 90 seconds for it to come down, depending on the angle it was fired at, its muzzle velocity and its caliber. So, if you are a bystander, you have some time to take cover.
How fast does a bullet travel when it hits the ground?
If there were no air resistance, the bullet would return to earth going exactly the same speed as it left the gun barrel, i.e. around 2,500 feet per second. This is because gravity is a constant and gravity will cause the bullet to accelerate on the way down at the same rate as it slowed the bullet down on the way up.
Is it possible to shoot a bullet straight up?
Q & A: If you shoot a bullet straight up… This makes sense, as the air is basically just pulling against the bullet’s motion. This means that in the real world, the bullet won’t come down at the same speed that it went up, because air resistance will be slowing it down the whole way. So, the answer is yes and no.
What happens to a bullet shot up in the air?
But, most bullets shot up in the air are not shot exactly 90 degrees vertical and adding horizontal component to the firing of the bullet will increase the terminal velocity speed as a bullet shot at an acute angle maintains a ballistic trajectory and is not likely to engage in a tumbling motion.