B Dropping a Black Hole from Tower of Piza

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Dropping a softball and a black hole with the radius of a softball raises questions about gravitational dynamics. The black hole's immense gravity would indeed affect the surrounding environment, potentially altering the fall trajectory of the softball. Newton's second law indicates that while all objects experience the same gravitational acceleration, the black hole's mass creates a unique scenario. The assumptions about uniform acceleration may not hold true in this case due to the black hole's gravitational influence. Ultimately, the softball would be drawn into the black hole rather than falling directly to the ground.
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I get that if you drop a tennis ball and a 10 lb medicine ball from the top of a tower they will both reach the ground at the same time. But what if I dropped a softball and a black hole with the radius of a softball (and the mass of a small planet)? Wouldn't the tremendous gravity of the black hole pull that much harder on the Earth, thereby closing the gap between them faster than the gap between the Earth and the softball?
 
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Ontophobe said:
if I dropped a softball and a black hole with the radius of a softball

The softball would fall into the black hole, and not down.
 
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