Timeline for Don't heavier objects actually fall faster because they exert their own gravity?
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| Jun 8, 2014 at 15:44 | comment | added | Zo the Relativist | @JoeBlow: your comment is the first activity on this thread in three years. The original question was edited with further commentary. Read my other answers if you think I don't know physics. | |
| Jun 8, 2014 at 10:03 | comment | added | Fattie | This answer / comments is utterly bizarre from a moderator with 15,000 points. Erik, I would encourage you to simply not respond further. | |
| Jan 22, 2011 at 18:05 | comment | added | Joe Fitzsimons | @Jerry: This isn't true in the earth's atmosphere, which is why people find it so counter intuitive in the case of a vacuum (a caveat which you should probably add). | |
| Jan 22, 2011 at 10:23 | comment | added | ErikE | @space Your feeling is misplaced. And I'll thank you kindly to not discuss my supposed mental limitations. It's all very well for you to claim I am misunderstanding, but please give me the benefit of the doubt and post an answer to help disabuse me of my mistaken notions. Otherwise you're just here to insult and try to feel good about yourself. I dare you: set me (and us all) straight with superior understanding, in a proper answer. Please. | |
| Jan 22, 2011 at 3:45 | comment | added | user346 | @Emtucifor I get the feeling that you're seeking replies more for attention than any other reason. You mention you have a 20 year old high school education. That is fine. But one needs to recognize what their limitations are or they just end up sounding silly. | |
| Jan 21, 2011 at 22:34 | comment | added | ErikE | Now that I shortened my answer, I should clarify that in my post I made it clear that I know normal observation would seem to indicate all objects fall at the same rate, but that wasn't what I was interested in. Now to Jerry's last comment: Ted made no mention of any recoil effect. Could you tell me more about that? Also, I'm quite interested in any other factors that could affect falling. Would you care to elaborate on gravitational radiation, electron ionization, and so on? | |
| Jan 21, 2011 at 22:12 | comment | added | Zo the Relativist | @Emtucifor: At this point, why not fac tor in the gravitational radiation of the bodies? Or the one or two electron ionization of the falling masses, or a million other effects? If the effect you're talking about is completely unmeasurable, is it an effect at all? And I did, in fact, mention the recoil effect, which is going to be the leading order correction to the equivalence principle, anyway. | |
| Jan 21, 2011 at 20:52 | comment | added | ErikE | It seems you didn't read carefully. Please see section "Practically Speaking". I'd appreciate an answer that is more on topic and responds to the points I made in my question. | |
| Jan 21, 2011 at 20:36 | history | answered | Zo the Relativist | CC BY-SA 2.5 |