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ur dada so buff he falls significantly faster than g (mander.xyz)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Tap for spoilerThe bowling ball isn’t falling to the earth faster. The higher perceived acceleration is due to the earth falling toward the bowling ball.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Reading that spoiler, I hate scientists sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

For some reason on my client, it can't remove the spoiler (gives a network error). I'm assuming it says that since the ball has more mass, it has a higher attraction rate of its own gravity to Earth's, so does fall faster in a vacuum but so miniscule it would be hard to measure?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

"The bowling ball isn't falling to the earth faster. The higher perceived acceleration is due to the earth falling toward the bowling ball." is what the spoiler says