Admiral Rockwell Tory
Diamond Member
But the force of gravity will be greater on the object that weighs the most. So more force to overcome the drag means that object falls faster.Okay. If I drop two identically shaped but different weight objects off the top of the Empire State Building at exactly the same time, the air density will be the same and the area is the same. The only difference would be drag, but if the items are identically shaped, there shouldn't be any difference in drag either.Correct.Well, I sort of thought of that and tried to come up with two items that wouldn't have a lot of difference in "drag."
So my original question was to see if mass changes the action of gravity, and I'm guessing the answer is no?
Actually the answer "no" is incorrect.
Mass is a component of the Terminal Velocity formula and changes in mass change the terminal velocity or in other words the speed at which an object falls through Earth's atmosphere assuming standard gravitational pull.
Other factors include air density, drag coefficient, and area.
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Nope.