Hammer and sickle on the Moon, dropped from different heights

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The discussion centers on the behavior of a hammer and a sickle dropped from different heights on the Moon, specifically 200 km and 100 km, respectively. It concludes that the hammer, due to the Moon's weaker gravitational pull at 200 km, will fall more slowly than the sickle. Consequently, the distance between the two objects will increase as they descend. The 'jolt' formula, which measures the rate of change of acceleration, is relevant to understanding this phenomenon.

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The hammer is at 200km and the sickle is at 100km above the Moon. As they fall down, the distance between them increases, or not? We need 'jolt' formula here, the rate of change of acceleration, right?
 
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Since the moon's gravity would be less at 200 km., the hammer would fall more slowly, so the distance would increase.
 

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