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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In other words, the feather and ball are both attracted to the earth at the same rate but because the ball has a higher mass, the earth is very slightly more attracted to the ball

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Maybe the ball is just more of their type?