Comment on Falling
dev_null@lemmy.ml 5 months agoBecause it, ever so slightly, pulls Earth towards it with it’s own, miniscule gravity.
Comment on Falling
dev_null@lemmy.ml 5 months agoBecause it, ever so slightly, pulls Earth towards it with it’s own, miniscule gravity.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
But that doesn’t make the bowling ball fall faster to a distant observer, just the earth fall twords the ball. To an observer on earth it would appear to fall faster though.
dev_null@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Yeah, I think the meme is intended from the perspective of an observer on Earth.
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
The ball’s acceleration is identical to the feather’s, but it’s fall ends up shorter.