• Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I mean, yes and no. ~~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_velocity#Physics ~~ Heavier objects have a higher “max speed” that they can fall at, compared to lighter objects. The acceleration to that relative speed is constant though. More or less.

    IE : While a bowling ball and a ping pong ball might start falling at the same initial rate, eventually the bowling ball will fall faster.

    EDIT : Ignore me for now, I need to do more digging.

      • bizarroland@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        Yeah, it’s not like they just blindly accepted what he said. They held up a feather or a leaf or a sheet of paper and a lead weight and dropped them both at the same time and the lead weight hit the ground while the leaf was still fluttering in the wind.