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[-] missingno@fedia.io 20 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[-] missingno@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago

If F is the same but m is different, what happens to a?

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