• Thunderwolf@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I haven’t seen anyone mention this yet, so here’s how I understand it. The feather falls slower in non-vacuum conditions because it reaches its terminal velocity much more quickly than the bowling ball.

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        5 months ago

        I imagine terminal velocity with no air resistance would be 9.8m/s/s. I was saying that the feather reaches terminal velocity more quickly than a bowling ball in non-vacuum conditions

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          5 months ago

          9.8 m/s/s is acceleration due to gravity, not a velocity, or its units would be m/s