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Old 02-05-2007, 12:28 AM   #6
Z3uS
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Originally Posted by Vansquish
Originally Posted by Z3uS
They fall the same speed.

Want to make a test? Just get a book and a sheet of paper, make the book bigger in area than the paper. Then just put the paper on top of the book (on the cover) and let it loose. They will fall together, same speed, same time.
That has more to do with the aerodynamic properties of the book and the fact that the turbulence that forms on top of the book would force the paper to lie flat against the surface of the book.
In fact it was a bad example, but the only one i could come up with at noon.

Well, just remember the hammer and the feather experience done in space.
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