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[–] [email protected] 241 points 5 months ago (10 children)

For anyone wondering it's because the bowling ball slightly pulls the earth faster toward itself. This amount is too small to possibly measure. But imagine if the bowling ball were the size of another Earth and it's easier to see why it happens.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

When you drop them at the same time, it doesn't matter though.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

because of two bodies can not occupy the same space, the feather and the ball will be in different position when you drop them. And therefor gravitation will pull the earth slightly more toward the ball and slightly less toward the feather.

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