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The event is now being dismissed; scientists do not believe he actually did the experiment. The fact that the objects would hit at the same time or nearly the same is still true. This was demonstrated on the moon.

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Where did Galileo carry out his first experiment on gravity?

Galileo carried out his first experiment on gravity by dropping weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. This famous experiment is said to have demonstrated that objects of different masses fall at the same rate due to gravity.


What experiment of Galileo's involved cannonballs?

Galileo's experiment to show that mass had little effect on the speed of falling objects involved two cannonballs of different sizes being dropped from a certain height. This showed that, in a vacuum at least, falling objects fall at the same speed no matter their mass.


When two objects of different mass are dropped from the same height doesn't it contract Newton's 2nd Law?

No, dropping two objects of different mass from the same height doesn't contradict Newton's 2nd Law. The law states that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on it and inversely proportional to its mass, so objects of different mass will experience different accelerations due to gravity even when dropped from the same height.


What did Galileo do on the tower of Pisa?

There were two Until Galileo's experiment, it was widely believed that large objects fell to Earth faster than small ones. That is, it was thought that if two objects of different sizes were dropped from the same height, the larger one would strike the ground first. Galileo showed that not to be the case. But his experiment was extraordinary for another reason. Galileo discredited another Aristotlian idea: that natural phenomena could be explained solely via analysis. Up until Galileo's time, the scientific method had yet to be developed; experimentation was largely unheard of. Proving or disproving a hypothesis via experimentation was not done. Aristotle and his peers believed that natural laws were discovered through discussion and argumentation, and the philosopher who articulated and defended his theories most persuasively was credited with their discovery. Validation through experimentation was not required.He dropped two cannonballs of different masses from the tower and watched them hit the ground at the same time, disproving Aristotle's theory that mass affects the gravity in acted on an object. He proving that mass doesn't matter but air resistance does. But, it was never proved the experiment was done at the leaning tower of Pisa.Debates had started up on one of aristoles laws of nature, that heavier objects fell faster than lighter objects. Galileo wanted to try. He needed to be able to drop the weights from a tall height. The perfect building was The leaning tower of Pisa that was 54 metres tall. He dropped the 2 weights and found out that aristole was wrong. Because the two weights fell at the same time.


Did Galileo really drop weights off the Leaning Tower of Pisa or is it just a fun myth?

Viviani, a student of Galileo, wrote about his mentor actually dropping a ten pound weight and a one pound weight off the Leaning Tower of Pisa to demonstrate that they would fall at the same rate. There is no evidence from Galileo himself that he he did the experiment. Since he didn't actually write about doing the experiment, science historians believe that it was not done. He did develop a very interesting thought experiment that led to a contradiction, and to his conclusion that the rate of descent would be the same. See the link below for a fun video of the experiment being carried out on the moon.

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Where did Galileo carry out his first experiment on gravity?

Galileo carried out his first experiment on gravity by dropping weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. This famous experiment is said to have demonstrated that objects of different masses fall at the same rate due to gravity.


Who dropped a cannon ball down the tower of Pisa?

Galileo Galilee dropped two balls off of the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. One was wooden and the other was a cannon ball. He dropped them at the same time to see which one would hit the ground first.


What did Galileo discover when he dropped two cannon balls of different weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa?

In around 1590 Galileo Galilei climbed up the Leaning Tower of Pisa and dropped some balls to the ground. Two balls of different masses, but of similar shape and density that were released together hit the ground at the same time. Until then it was commonly believed that heavy things fall faster than light things. Galileo's discovery is important in understanding how parachutes work. They fall slowly through the air because of friction.


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Who said all objects fall at the same rate of speed?

Galileo Galilei, an Italian physicist and astronomer, conducted experiments to show that objects of different masses fall at the same rate of speed when dropped from the same height. This principle is now known as the equivalence principle.