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By Neil deGrasse Tyson

Things You Thought You Knew – What Is Exit Velocity?

S13 E46

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Published October 21, 2022 2:00am

What is exit velocity? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore parabolas, measuring the speed of an object using the Doppler effect, and other physics in baseball. 

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