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minus-squarepikmeir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up148·1 year agoFor anyone wondering it’s because the bowling ball slightly pulls the earth faster toward itself. This amount is too small to possibly measure. But imagine if the bowling ball were the size of another Earth and it’s easier to see why it happens.
minus-squareTheControlled@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·1 year agoThanks for the non-jargon version
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·1 year agoWhen you drop them at the same time, it doesn’t matter though.
For anyone wondering it’s because the bowling ball slightly pulls the earth faster toward itself. This amount is too small to possibly measure. But imagine if the bowling ball were the size of another Earth and it’s easier to see why it happens.
Thanks for the non-jargon version
When you drop them at the same time, it doesn’t matter though.