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    Why do all objects fall with the same acceleration regardless of mass?

    Newton's Laws of motion & gravitation give F = ma =GMm/r^2 where r is distance from center of Earth (roughly constant for dropping light & heavy objects). The mass m of the object cancels out, so its acceleration doesn't depend on its mass. Assume that air resistance isn't a factor. Galileo...
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    Trying to Understand the Coriolis Effect: Why West-to-East Air Parcels Go South

    If you use Newton's 2nd Law (via Euler-Lagrange Equation) for a rotating reference system, the Coriolis and centrifugal accelerations "pop out" of the equations.
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    Finding x(t) of a particle subjected to gravitational force

    time-dependent position of object under sun's gravitation In freshman physics, Newton's 2nd law & gravitational law are solved for the velocity as a function of position (distance of a non-orbital object from the sun) where it's given that the sun is stationary due to its enormous mass...
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