The tallest mountain in the solar system, Olympus Mons on Mars. It has a height of 25 km, Mount Everest is 'only' 8.8 km tall.

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If you fell, you'd be falling for miles at reduced gravity but little atmosphere to cap your velocity. I wonder how fast you'd be going when you hit the ground?

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u/IRefuseToPickAName Oct 07 '22

620mph terminal velocity on Mars vs 124mph on earth

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u/LetMeGuessYourAlts Oct 07 '22

Not even mach 1 that's not too bad. Little tough on the knees though.

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u/LetMeGuessYourAlts Oct 08 '22

Are you saying the higher-pitched scream I made while doing that, the less likely I am to cause a sonic boom before I hit the regolith?

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u/apathy-sofa Oct 08 '22

Wild! I didn't know this was possible. Do you know the name for this? I'd like to read more, but stumbling on wiki for a few minutes hasn't yielded results.

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u/apathy-sofa Oct 08 '22

Thank you!

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u/exclaim_bot Oct 08 '22

Thank you!

You're welcome!

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '22

Splat!

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u/Praefectus27 Oct 07 '22

My guess would be greater than 12 that’s for sure.

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u/Geovestigator Oct 07 '22 edited Oct 16 '22

there is a basic distance formula based on the local gravity that would answer this

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u/thestraightCDer Oct 07 '22

I can't wait for the Red Bull sponsored Mars videos