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This is shown as far back as Galileo's dropping of different weights out of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, where each weight reached the ground the same time.
This is because the acceleration due to gravity is constant (9.81 m/s^2) on Earth, so all objects increase in velocity at the same rate regardless of mass.
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I think the answer might be yes. With out a doubt most would say that only uneducated or extremely dumb people would think that heavier objects fall faster since nowadays it is taught over and over in our public schools that everything falls at the same rate. This being said, however, I remember once reading an article over gravity that disputed the common idea of everything falling at the same rate. The problem with running tests on earth is the sheer massivness of its gravitational pull. Compare the two objects being tested... lets say a marble and a Bowling ball... and pit them against the macro scale size of the Earth. By comparison the two objects are virtually the same size and therefore appear to fall at the same rate! The difference of the time of thier fall is so negligible that there is practically no difference at all. One has to look at the Earth as an object also, however, and note that it too is falling toward the objects being dropped... though the force the two objects exert on the Earth is miniscule. Imagine though another Earth sized object being dropped on the Earth! Then the objects would fall toward eachother and be essentially falling from both ends which would in fact reduce the time it took them to meet. People tend to forget that everything is relative to thier perspective. The more massive the object being dropped the more pull it has on the object it is being pulled to, making the object it is falling toward meet it somewhere in the middle. It is true that Earth pulls on everything the same... but not everything pulls on the Earth the same. The difference of the pull on the Earth exerted by the objects being tested is so puny that it is disregarded and for all practical purposes and people say that things fall at the same rate. To me, this is a disgusting perversion of the truth. It would be the equivalent to comparing the speed of cars to the speed of light and saying that all cars travel at the same speed regardless of make, model, or year.
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Does lighter objects fall down faster then heavier objects?
No lighter things do not fall faster than heavier things. In a vacuum they will fall at the same speed. Normally the heavier thing will fall down faster because of its weight. Sometimes the lighter thing falls faster depending on the air resistance.
What was Aristotle's belief regarding falling objects with different masses?
More massive objects fall faster than less massive objects.
Why heavier objects fall faster than do lighter objects?
They don't. All objects fall at the same rate of speed because of weight.
Why do objects with more mass fall faster?
Objects with more mass have greater inertia, which means they are more resistant to changes in motion. Therefore, when objects fall, the force of gravity acting on them is unable to slow down the acceleration of more massive objects as much as it does for less massive ones, causing them to fall faster.
Do heavier objects fall faster than lighter objects when on a parachute?
Assuming the parachutes are the same size, then yes.
Why do heavier objects fall faster then lighter objects?
In a vacuum, all objects fall at the same rate regardless of weight due to gravity. However, in the presence of air resistance, heavier objects are less affected by air resistance than lighter objects, allowing them to fall faster. This is because air resistance is proportional to the surface area of the object, while weight is proportional to mass.
Who believed that heavy objects fall faster than lighter ones?
Aristotle believed that heavy objects fall faster than lighter ones. This idea was later proven wrong by Galileo's experiments, which showed that in a vacuum, objects of different weights fall at the same rate.
What did Galileo discover about falling objects?
Galileo discovered that all objects fall at the same rate regardless of their weight, disproving the common belief at the time that heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones.
Which body moves faster heavier or lighter?
In a vacuum, all objects fall at the same rate regardless of their weight due to gravity. However, in real-world conditions with air resistance, lighter objects tend to fall slower than heavier objects because air resistance affects lighter objects more.
What were the results of Galileo's experiment on falling objects?
Galileo's experiment on falling objects showed that objects of different weights fall at the same rate, disproving the common belief at the time that heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones.
Why do heavier objects fall more slowly than lighter objects?
They don't. The basic physics behind the situation says that all objects fall together, regardless of their mass, weight, race, color, creed, national origin, or political affiliation. In the reral world, especially on Earth, we occasionally see things falling at different rates.
How do falling objects behave?
Falling objects behave in such a way that heavier objects will fall faster than the lighter ones. Try to drop a stone and a feather from the same height and at the same time, the stone will fall to the ground first.
