▲ 842 ▼ yeah everything is probably made of like, idk, earth water, fire and air or something idrk (mander.xyz) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 111 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] lemonskate@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] heatofignition@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (2 children) R^2 is on the bottom. We don't ignore the mass of one object because it's insignificant, that would make the top of that equation 0 and the object wouldn't fall at all. That nifty gravitational law gives you the force of gravity on an object, not the acceleration. Force also equals mass times the resultant acceleration, right? So Fg1 = m1*A1 = G*M*m1/r^2 and Fg2 = m2*A2 = G*M*m2/r^2. m1 and m2 are present on both sides of those equations, respectively, so they cancel, and you get A1 = G*M/r^2 and A2 = G*M/r^2, which are identical. The mass of an object affects the force of gravity, but when you look at acceleration the mass terms cancel out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lemonskate@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) You're right, I had it wrong. Misinformation deleted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] heatofignition@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago No worries, no big deal permalink fedilink source parent
[–] heatofignition@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (2 children) R^2 is on the bottom. We don't ignore the mass of one object because it's insignificant, that would make the top of that equation 0 and the object wouldn't fall at all. That nifty gravitational law gives you the force of gravity on an object, not the acceleration. Force also equals mass times the resultant acceleration, right? So Fg1 = m1*A1 = G*M*m1/r^2 and Fg2 = m2*A2 = G*M*m2/r^2. m1 and m2 are present on both sides of those equations, respectively, so they cancel, and you get A1 = G*M/r^2 and A2 = G*M/r^2, which are identical. The mass of an object affects the force of gravity, but when you look at acceleration the mass terms cancel out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lemonskate@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) You're right, I had it wrong. Misinformation deleted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] heatofignition@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago No worries, no big deal permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemonskate@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) You're right, I had it wrong. Misinformation deleted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] heatofignition@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago No worries, no big deal permalink fedilink source parent
[–] heatofignition@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago No worries, no big deal permalink fedilink source parent