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[–] missingno@fedia.io 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

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 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Buoyancy is functionally irrelevant here. Buoyancy in air effectively subtracts 1.3kg per cubic meter of each substance: The mass of the volume of air displaced by the object.

The part you are not understanding: Drag applies the same force to both objects. Gravity applies the same acceleration to each object.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks that does make sense

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

Drag doesn't exist in a vacuum.