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Re:Albert Einstein in 1939 composed a message for the people... by confidantlake on Friday November 10, 2023 @04:07PM (#38224548)
Huh I always thought acceleration due to gravity is a combination of both mass and distance. That is why gravity is so much stronger on earth than on the moon.
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Re:Albert Einstein in 1939 composed a message for the people... by HPsquared on Friday November 10, 2023 @05:13PM (#38225251)
The force on the object is proportional to its mass. Acceleration, being (force/mass), is therefore not dependent on mass. (Ah least, for a small object being attracted to a much larger body)
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Re:Albert Einstein in 1939 composed a message for the people... by n3150n on Friday November 10, 2023 @06:01PM (#38225741)
Indeed it is, but the second body's mass may be neglected if it is orders of magnitude smaller than the larger body. Or at least that's how I understand it (I'm not a physicist).
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