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DrJones*
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Message 105 of 182 (600453)
01-14-2011 2:28 PM
Reply to: Message 104 by onifre
01-14-2011 1:31 PM


Falling to earth is affected by air resistance, so it would slow the lighter object down.
Air resistance is dependant on the shape of the object not the mass. So a properly configured heavy object could fall slower than a lighter one.
But you're right about it needing to be a vaccum (or two identically shaped objects) to show that acceleration due to gravity is not related to the masses of the objects.

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