Table 1.

Physical measurements, maximum velocities across the two drops, and maximum Reynolds numbers for the dropped balls.

Ball	Radius (m)	Mass (kg)	Density (kg/m)	Max vel. (m/s)	Max Re
Golf ball	0.021963	0.045359	1022.066427	26.63	1.75 × 105
Baseball	0.035412	0.141747	762.037525	26.61	2.83 × 105
Tennis ball	0.033025	0.056699	375.813253	21.95	2.18 × 105
Volleyball	0.105*	NA	NA	22.09	6.96 × 105
Blue basketball	0.119366	0.510291	71.628378	24.80	8.88 × 105
Green basketball	0.116581	0.453592	68.342914	25.06	8.77 × 105
Whiffle ball 1	0.036287	0.028349	141.641937	16.91	1.84 × 105
Whiffle ball 2	0.036287	0.028349	141.641937	16.35	1.78 × 105
Yellow whiffle ball	0.046155	0.042524	103.250857	15.30	2.12 × 105
Orange whiffle ball	0.046155	0.042524	103.250857	15.77	2.18 × 105

*We do not have measurement data for the volleyball, but obtained an estimate for its radius based on other volleyballs in order to approximate its maximum Reynolds number.