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Old 12-January-2006, 03:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Ricimer
Ignoring heat of re-entry (so you jumped from a plane, not orbit):

You'd hit a terminal velocity higher than earths, even if you jumped where the pressure is ~1 atm, due to the higher force of gravity.

As you fall, the air gets thicker, but fails to transition into a liquid or solid state due to the rising temperature.

Because of the thicker air, you'll begin to slow, but continue to fall, never reaching a stop until you reach a density of air akin to that of your body (just shy of the density of water). It's still a gas, but quite densely packed (very high pressure, not healthy!). Here you'd overshoot a bit, but "float" back to the area where you are the same density as your surroundings. There won't be much of a splash, due to the gradual transition.
Apparently hydrogen goes through phase transition at 2.8 million atmospheres, where its density jumps from 1.08 to 1.3. If the skydiver has density of water (1.0), yes he will stop somewhat short of that level.
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