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The concept of falling requires there to be something to fall onto/into and this something will have mass and a gravity field. The heaviness of the falling object is irrelevant, where there is no air to slow things, a feather will fall as fast as lead ball.
Thus all things in space are falling because gravity fields extend across the universe. For instance the planets of our solar system are falling round the Sun (when something is in orbit round something else, it is actually falling but it also has a sideways movement that means that it keeps missing the thing it is falling towards).
The Sun in turn is in orbit round the centre of our Milkyway Galaxy and our Galaxy is interacting graviometrically with the other galaxies in our local group and this in turn is interacting with our local supertcluster etc.
Thus the answer is yes BUT the heaviness of the object is irrelevant.
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How fast do objects go in free fallouter space?
You can't fall in space, there is no gravity. An object will travel as fast as it is accelerated and continue at that speed forever as there is no air resistence to slow it down.
What effect does no wind on moon have on falling objects?
The effect of the moon having no air on falling objects is that any thing that is dropped will fall at exactly the same speed regardless of how heavy it is. On earth a feather will fall slowly because friction with the air slows it down, on the moon it will fall like a piece of lead because there is no air to slow it down.
What most occur for rain to fall from a cloud?
Clouds are really water vapor and when water vapor gets heavy, water just drips down to the ground, causing rain fall.
How objects fall on Earth and on the moon?
Objects fall faster to the earth, then compared to the moon, it is due to the different power of gravity on the the earth and moon.
Why do objects fall towards the center of the earth?
Gravity
Do heavy objects fall to the ground before light objects?
No, they fall at the same time.
Aristotle said heavy objects will fall faster and Galileo said heavy and light objects will fall at the same acceleration?
Yes, that is correct.
What happens to objects that fall from space towards earth?
they all fall back into space like gravity.
Why do objects all fall at the same time when gravity is the only force acting?
-- Because that's the way gravity behaves. -- Because is would be ridiculous to think that heavy objects fall faster. Here's why: ==> Let's say that heavy objects fall faster and light objects fall slower. ==> Take a piece of sticky tape and stick a light object onto the back of a heavy object. Then drop them together off of a roof. ==> The light object tries to fall slower and holds back, and the heavy object tries to fall faster and pulls forward. So when they're stuck together, they fall at some in-between speed. ==> But wait! When they're stuck together they weigh more than the heavy object alone. So how can a stuck-together object that's heavier than the heavy object alone fall at a speed that's slower than the heavy object alone ? ! ? Isn't that ridiculous ? There's no way that heavy objects can fall faster than light objects.
Is it possible for light objects to fall first than heavy objects?
All objects will reach the ground when dropped or when they fall at approximately the exact same time except for paper.
Why do you fall off in space?
No gravity to weigh objects down
Why do thing fall at the same rate?
Because the gravity is the same. this does not explain why real heavy objects fall at the same rate as light ones since the more mass their is their is supposed to be more gravity.....also how does space/time warped space affect such things as the falling apple
What objects in space are affected by the sun's gravity?
Such an object is said to be in free fall.
Do all objects fall to the ground?
Yes unless you are in space or the object can fly
Why do lighter objects fall slower than heavy objects?
It doesn't. But what makes a book fall faster (seemingly) than a feather or piece of paper (lets say) is air pressure, and the way it is shaped.
Who discovered that all objectsheavy or lightfall the same velocity?
Galileo Galilei was the first to explain that heavy and light objects would fall the same way in a vacuum. Keep in mind, objects do not fall with 'velocity,' but with 'acceleration.'
Do all objects fall to the earth at the same speed?
no depening on how heavy it is that's the speed it will go. information by wwtpody:)
