Friday, December 4, 2009

Would a paper clip fall to the ground faster if it was dropped from the same on the moon or on earth?

curious,work wit me on thiswat about a cotton ballWould a paper clip fall to the ground faster if it was dropped from the same on the moon or on earth?
The moon has 1/6 the gravity of Earth.


The paper clip would fall proportionately slower on the Moon than on Earth.


';weight'; is a measure of the gravitational pull between two objects. So of course objects would weigh much less on the moon.Would a paper clip fall to the ground faster if it was dropped from the same on the moon or on earth?
On earth, any object would fall much faster than on moon since the gravity is about 6 times more on earth than on moon. The air resistance can be ignored for paper clip, but for the cotton ball, the air resistance may be significant and needs to be factored into consideration. The moon has no atmosphere and hence there, the buoyancy effects of air and the air resistance are not to be considered. Since only gravity is to be considered on moon, any object droped there will need more time to reach the lunar surface.
there wouldn't be any huge difference. Earth's atmosphere might slow the paperclip down fractionally, but things all fall at the same rate regardless of wieght... so being on the moon probably wouldnt make a difference.
A paperclip, being somewhat dense, would have very little air resistance and would therefore fall faster on the Earth.





However, the question about the cotton ball gets a little more complex. I don't really know the answer to that. I suppose it would really depend on how ';fluffed out'; the cotton ball is.





Basically, the question comes down to the ratio of the air resistance to the difference between the gravitational constants of the earth and the moon. Above a certain level of air resistance, it will fall faster on the moon, and below it, it will fall faster on the earth.
All things being equal, any object would fall faster on the earth than on the moon.
anything will fall fast on the earth, there is more gravitational pull on earth
paper clip will fall slowly on moon then on earth because acceleration by gravity by moon has be less than that of earth but for Cotton ball will float more in the air of earth than that of moon because of thick atmosphere of earth than moons


more gravity more weight true

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