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In a vacuum, air resistance is eliminated, and all objects fall due to gravity alone. The acceleration due to gravity is the same for all objects regardless of their mass, so they fall at the same speed in a vacuum.

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Where on earth can a hammer and feather drop at the same speed?

Inside a safe dropped from a plane.If there were a very good vacuum to drop them in, it would be close. The air resistance of a feather limits its falling velocity more than the resistance on the hammer. When the drag caused by friction equals the weight of the object, it cannot continue to accelerate and falls at a speed called its terminal velocity.


How do a feather and hammer hit the ground at the same time?

In a vacuum, where there is no air resistance, both a feather and a hammer would fall and hit the ground at the same time due to gravity affecting them equally. However, in the presence of air, the feather experiences more air resistance than the hammer, causing it to fall slower.


If the gravitational force between the earth and object always causes the same acceleration why does a feather fall more slowly than a hammer does?

The feather falls more slowly than the hammer due to air resistance. The feather has a larger surface area-to-mass ratio, which causes more air resistance compared to the hammer, falling at a slower speed. Without air resistance, both objects would fall at the same rate due to experiencing the same gravitational force.


Can a quarter and a feather fall at the same speed?

theoritically yes. if they are placed in a vacuum packed room with no air, just empty space, they can fall at the same rate. if they fell in air, the aerodynamics wouldn't equal out, so the quarter would fall faster.


Do objects fall at the same rate on a planet with no atmosphere?

No, because there is no air to slow the down. For deeper analysis, check youtube, hammer and feather experiment on the moon. They hit the ground at the same time on the moon because there is no atmosphere, but if you drop a hammer and a feather on earth the hammer, obviously, hits first.

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How do a feather and hammer hit the ground at the same time?

In a vacuum, where there is no air resistance, both a feather and a hammer would fall and hit the ground at the same time due to gravity affecting them equally. However, in the presence of air, the feather experiences more air resistance than the hammer, causing it to fall slower.


Where on earth can a hammer and feather drop at the same speed?

Inside a safe dropped from a plane.If there were a very good vacuum to drop them in, it would be close. The air resistance of a feather limits its falling velocity more than the resistance on the hammer. When the drag caused by friction equals the weight of the object, it cannot continue to accelerate and falls at a speed called its terminal velocity.


If the gravitational force between the earth and object always causes the same acceleration why does a feather fall more slowly than a hammer does?

The feather falls more slowly than the hammer due to air resistance. The feather has a larger surface area-to-mass ratio, which causes more air resistance compared to the hammer, falling at a slower speed. Without air resistance, both objects would fall at the same rate due to experiencing the same gravitational force.


Can a quarter and a feather fall at the same speed?

theoritically yes. if they are placed in a vacuum packed room with no air, just empty space, they can fall at the same rate. if they fell in air, the aerodynamics wouldn't equal out, so the quarter would fall faster.


Will a stone and a feather fall with the same speed if there were no air?

both will fall at the same time


How do gravity affect any pair of objects?

the object with the greater mass will fall to the ground first. if you think of a hammer and a feather the hammer will obviously fall first. unless your in a vacuum. then the objects fall at an equal rate!


Why does the feather fall more slowly than a hammer do?

On Earth, a feather falls more slowly than a hammer due to air resistance. The feather is impeded more by the air than the bowling ball is. In a vacuum, such as outer space, there is no air and thus no air resistance. In this environment, all objects fall at the same rate, regardless of their shape or mass.


Will a hammer fall faster than a feather on the moon?

No. Both will accelerate at about 1.6 meters per second square.


Why don't all falling objects fall at the same speed?

The only reason falling objects don't fall at the same speed on Earth is the countering force of wind resistance. Without air, all objects would fall at the same rate, regardless of mass (ex. Galileo's ball experiments, as well as the hammer and feather experiment on the Moon).


What would happen if your in space with no atmosphere and you dropped a feather and a hammer?

They would both float if you had no gravity.


Why do lighter objects fall slower than heavier objects?

In a vacuum. like in outer space, all substances fall at the same rate. Here on earth, the rate of falling is influenced by air resistance. A feather has 'way more air resistance than a ball of steel, for example, so falls slower.


Why does the feather and the hammer land at the same time on the moon and diffrent times on the earth?

Because the moon has essentially no atmosphere, there would be no drag on the feather when it falls. On earth, it would be quite a different matter. The significant surface area of the feather means that as it falls, the friction of the air on it provides significant opposing force to it as it falls. In the case of a falling hammer, the opposing force of air friction on the hammer is negligible compared to the force of gravity on it since the hammer is much heavier than the feather. Since there would be no drag on either item when dropped on the moon, the only force acting on either would be gravity and their acceleration would be only that of gravity with no opposing force to slow them down as they fell.