Will an object dropped on the moon reach a terminal velocity?

Answer 1

That varies, depending on the object. A massive object may take a long time to reach terminal velocity; a less massive object will reach terminal velocity faster. It basically depends on the object's mass, size, and shape.

Answer 2

No. Terminal velocity is a limiting velocity, reached when a falling object's drag to wind resistance equals the force of gravity. For instance, on the Earth, a human being's terminal velocity is about 200 kilometers per hour, depending on drag which is depending on how the arms and legs are held.

On the moon, however, there is no atmosphere - it is in a vacuum - so there is no wind resistance due to velocity and thus no terminal valocity. A falling object on the moon will accelerate without bounds. (Until, of course, it hits something.)

If the object's velocity exceeds the escape velocity of the moon, which is 2.38 kilometers per second, and the velocity vector is above the moon's horizon, then the object will escape the gravity well of the moon, but that is not the same as terminal velocity.

Answer 3

Yes, an object dropped on the moon will eventually reach a terminal velocity due to the moon's gravitational force and lack of atmosphere to create drag. However, the terminal velocity will be much lower compared to that on Earth due to the moon's weaker gravitational pull.

Answer 4

When it's weight balances the air resistance

Answer 5

No

The Moon is smaller than the Earth so it has less gravity

This means an object will fall slower on the Moon than on Earth

Answer 6

No. It may crash before it does so. Or air resistance may simply be negligible, as in objects in outer space.

Answer 7

There is no atmosphere on the moon and any falling object should not experience air resistance.