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The bowling ball isn’t falling to the earth faster. The higher perceived acceleration is due to the earth falling toward the bowling ball.

  • Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 days ago

    This is not correct, the force on the objects is the same sure, but the accelerations aren’t so you can’t calculate them both in one go like this.