Submitted by North_Recognition199 t3_1123fh6 in askscience
DisasterousGiraffe t1_j8no1ei wrote
Reply to comment by Weed_O_Whirler in Does the mass of the object affect the falling speed? by North_Recognition199
Inspired by your answer, I imagine we might also consider the fact that m1
and m2
are not perfect rigid point masses. Each is a spring-connected set of points of mass - molecules and atoms with intermolecular forces - spread in a volume. The individual points of mass will exert different gravitation forces on each other and have time-delayed spring forces transmitted through the network of points. I guess we can ignore the speed of gravity when doing a rough approximation.
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