Re: Gravity's equal and non equal acceleration
- From: "Rod Ryker" <rryker@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:50:10 -0400
"PD" <TheDraperFamily@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1130165947.790638.44090@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Rod Ryker wrote:
> > Rod: As my good friend Bill Hobba pointed out,
> > I have been rehashing old arguments.
> > So, Billy, this ones for you. :)
> >
> > Galileo proved that two cannon balls 10 to 1 ratio,
> > accelerate at the same rate.
> > However, upon landing on Earth, they accelerate
> > at different rates, IOW's weight.
> > Why the contradiction?
>
> No contradiction.
>
> The force of gravity on the two balls is in the ratio 10 to 1.
> The force the ground exerts on the two balls is in the ratio 1 to 1.
>
> Using Newton's second law, it follows that the acclerations of the two
> balls during the drop is 1 to 1. It also follows that the acclerations
> of the two balls after impact is 10 to 1.
>
> PD
Rod: That is good reasoning. :)
Now, why does a mass attract another mass?
--
Rod Ryker...
The intricacies of nature is man's cannon fodder.
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