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minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoBecause it, ever so slightly, pulls Earth towards it with it’s own, miniscule gravity.
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoBut 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.
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoYeah, I think the meme is intended from the perspective of an observer on Earth.
minus-squareTlaloc_TemporallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoThe ball’s acceleration is identical to the feather’s, but it’s fall ends up shorter.
Because it, ever so slightly, pulls Earth towards it with it’s own, miniscule gravity.
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.
Yeah, I think the meme is intended from the perspective of an observer on Earth.
The ball’s acceleration is identical to the feather’s, but it’s fall ends up shorter.