Friday, December 11, 2009

If you dropped a hammer and a feather in space at the same time and same height above the moon, which would la

They will both hit at the same time





Apollo 15 proved thisIf you dropped a hammer and a feather in space at the same time and same height above the moon, which would la
Well if you are standing on the moon both will hit the ground at the same time.If you dropped a hammer and a feather in space at the same time and same height above the moon, which would la
The constant acceleration downwards due to gravity is the same for every object on any given one celestial body. They'd hit it at the same time, so long as the environment is frictionless.
they would hit the surface at the same time,
It has been done. By the Apollo 15 astronauts. The video is available online. The 1st source is it in QuickTime format and the second is it in MPEG format.
One of the astronauts... was it Schmidt? actually performed this on the moon.





Both landed at the same time. The reason: there was no air resistance, and both had the same force of gravity acting on them.
If you drop them in space neither will fall due to lack of gravity. If you drop them while on the moon then what all others said.
Boatman1is right, they will hit at the same time. On Earth the feather, being light and having lots of surface area, is slowed down by air.
they would both hit the surface of the moon at the same time because there is no air resistance on the moon.
Same time. Sir Isaac Newton solved this a long time ago.
so your teacher is looking for the answer that both will land at the same time - ( no wind resistance on the moon) and gravity acts equally on all objects





You could say the hammer hits first due to wind resistance since there is a very, very thin atmosphere on the moon, but it would probably take some sophisticated equipment to measure the difference - see link on lunar atmosphere

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