Friday, December 2, 2011

How high can a person jump?

Humanly possible, not the highest jump on record or any type of record.|||I think you'll find that the highest jump on record is currently how high a person can jump.





It's not like someone in the Olympics or other competition can jump a lot higher but somehow chooses not to.





There is no de facto difference between what is currently humanly possible and what has actually been achieved|||I think it is about 11 light-years. Because it is conceivable an astronaut could be on a space mission and then the mission becomes hopeless due to a space junk collision and the astronaut could decide the only thing to do is stand on the outside of the capsule and jump towards the stars. If the orbit is right the astronaut could go on for a very long time. Beyond 11 light years though the scenario starts to become unlikely. Also it may be that it is illegal to put an astronaut on a space mission when it's susceptible to space junk collisions, so the limit may be less for legally permissible jumping scenarios.|||The "highest jump on record" is actually the same thing as what is "humanly possible". I'm going to assume you mean is the amount of space in between the feet and the ground of an average person jumping straight up in the air if their legs are straight. The answer is 24 inches or 2 feet.|||Depends on the kind of jump. In the terms of track and field High Jump, the perfect jump will be that of you're own height. I am 5'10, so theoretically i should be able to have my entire body off the ground at 5'10 away from the ground. Sadly i can only jump 5'2 :(

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