Significados de ballistic coefficient en inglés

But Izzy's ballistic coefficient, with Amalthea attached, is huge.

It had a high ballistic coefficient.

These were not as dense as lead, so they had a low ballistic coefficient and could not travel very far.

In technical terms, it had had a low ballistic coefficient: a way of saying that it was strongly affected by what little atmosphere there was.

Orbital decay was less of a problem because of the rock's high ballistic coefficient, and micrometeoroids tended to get stopped by the massive nickel-iron cowcatcher.