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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.
the feather falling toward the earth will also be attracted to the bowling ball (which is on the earth)
doesnt offset, because the feather-ball attraction is not as large as the earth-ball. just wanted to say
They are on opposite sides of the earth
Hum... What is your measurement error?
Isn't "heavier" only used when describing weight and not mass?
It's almost analogous. A more massive object experiences a larger force caused by gravity, so assuming the gravity field stays the same, a larger mass is heavier.
You're right that it's technically incorrect, especially when talking about something like moving the Earth with gravity.
Does this imply that if I am standing on an object moving at a constant speed in a straight line, and I am lifting and dropping a sufficiently massive object such that I’m causing the object in standing on to accelerate towards the object I’m dropping, that eventually I’ll slow or stop the object I’m standing on?
Nope. The argument only works if you conjured the bowling ball and feather out of ~~thin air~~ vacuum. https://lemmy.world/comment/13237315 discusses what happens when the objects were lifted off earth.
Drat. Thanks 😂