ModusPwnd, I understand (sort of) what Newton is saying and that a feather would fall to the ground at the same, measurable speed as a hammer.
What I am suggesting is that since the hammer is pulling slightly harder on the Earth than the feather, that it would fall slightly faster - the...
Thanks again for the detailed replies. But the crux of the argument with my friend is my original claim that a 100 lb object would fall faster than a 1 lb object, for the same reason that a planet would.
Is there a dividing line somewhere? Would the moon fall faster than the bowling ball...
I appreciate the quick responses, thanks.
I have been debating this issue with a guy who is better educated in physics than I am. He was telling me about Newton's third law of gravitation and that a 100 pound object would fall to Earth at exactly the same speed as a 1 pound object.
I said yes...
I'm looking for knowledgeable help to resolve an argument between myself and someone else.
A bowling ball is positioned, say one hundred thousand miles from the Earth, motionless, relative to the Earth. It then begins to fall, finally crashing into the planet after some period of time...