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minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 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-up3·6 months agoYeah, I think the meme is intended from the perspective of an observer on Earth.
minus-squareTlaloc_TemporallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThe ball’s acceleration is identical to the feather’s, but it’s fall ends up shorter.
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.