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Originally Posted by urfisch
a human is a very small target...for such small projectiles...but if it hits you, it is it. even if it just hits your shoulder or leg...forget this part of your body.
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Not so.
Small rocks can have low terminal velocities. Even if the enter the
atmosphere at many thousands of miles per hour, small rocks will land
slow enough not to kill you with a direct hit.
I believe that for a fixed density, terminal velocity rises exponentially so
large rocks are going to vaporise you.
There is a report on wiki of a boy who claimed a rock landed on his head
after passing through some palm leaves in a metiorite shower. He got away
with a bruise.