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yeah everything is probably made of like, idk, earth water, fire and air or something idrk (mander.xyz)
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[–] 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

minus drag

On Earth, this is the part that makes it so that objects do not fall at the same speed.

on the moon

This is the type of experiment they could not do 2000 years ago.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    minus drag

    On Earth, this is the part that makes it so that objects do not fall at the same speed.

    That is incorrect. Drag affects both equally. The difference is caused by buoyancy, less dense objects feel more buoyancy

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Buoyancy is functionally irrelevant here. Buoyancy in air effectively subtracts 1.3kg per cubic meter of each substance: The mass of the volume of air displaced by the object.

    The part you are not understanding: Drag applies the same force to both objects. Gravity applies the same acceleration to each object.

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