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- From: rtsumn01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
- Subject: Re: Betweening
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- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.194150.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:41:50 GMT
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- References: <1992Nov18.194647.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu> <92Nov19.170020.32492@acs.ucalgary.ca>
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- In article <92Nov19.170020.32492@acs.ucalgary.ca>, jsbell@acs.ucalgary.ca (Joshua Bell) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov18.194647.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu> rtsumn01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu writes:
- >>Why isn't there a sonic boom due to the sudden vacuum when a
- >>dragon goes between?
- >
- > Because thats not what causes a sonic boom - the sound you're
- > hearing when a jet flies past is the edge of a 'cone' of sound
- > formed as the air is forced to move around the plane faster than
- > it wants to (ie, the speed of sound). This shockwave propagates
- > down to ground level, where you hear it as a sonic boom after the
- > aircraft has passed overhead - its _not_ just when the plane
- > breaks the sound barrier. (Note: this is only a rough explanation
- > of the phenomenon, buyers beware.)
-
- In that case, what causes the nice crack that thunder makes?
-
- --Semhaza
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