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25 May, 08:50

If you drop a feather and a steel hammer at the same moment, they should hit the ground at the same instant. Why doesn't this work on Earth, and why does it work on the Moon?

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  1. 25 May, 09:07
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    Air Resistance

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    If you were to drop both items on a plant without an atmosphere, they would both hit the ground at the same time. Since a feather doesn't have much mass compared to the hammer, it takes more time for the feather to "push" itself through and overcome the opposite push from the air
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