Posted by Daddee on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 1:27am.
The collisions of the stone with air molecules tend to slow the stone down slightly. A frictional force called drag is exerted upon the stone. It is of two types: (1) pressure drag (higher pressure in front that behind) and (2) boundary layer friction along the sides.
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