Why a feather and a hammer all at the same rate on the Moon?

Question

Also why do they fall at different rate on the Earth?

Answer 1

A feather and a hammer have different masses, but how fast something falls is unrelated to how much mass that object has. Instead it's the gravitational force of the object attracting it (..in this case the moon..) On Earth the feather falls more slowly than the hammer *only* because the feather has more resistance to the air it must fall through while the hammer has less air resistance.

Answer 2

No atmosphere to speak of except a very thin layer of sodium. The hammer and the feather fall at the same rate because gravity is the force that pulls both the feather and the hammer together. The hammer weighs more than the feather but the moons mass is way more than either the feather or the hammer. So with the attraction between the moon and hammer and the moon and the feather, the difference in mass hammer - feather does not really factor in to the rate of acceleration … they are both the same.

Answer 3

The difference in weight between a hammer and a feather, compared to the weight of the moon, is quite small, therefore the gravitational attraction between the moon and the hammer is roughly equal to that between the moon and the feather. Thus, the two objects fall at the same rate IF THERE IS NO AIR RESISTANCE. On the moon, there is no air. On Earth, there is, so the objects fall at DIFFERENT rates, because air resistance does not slow the hammer as it does the feather. Feel stupid now?

Answer 4

The gravitational pull by a large body like the moon on other objects is constant. They will be attracted to the moon at the same rate of acceleration, so they hit the ground at the same time.

This would happen on the Earth, if there were no air resistance. The feather is so light that its fall is impaired by the air underneathit and the air currents. If, on the other hand, you drop a 5 pound weright and a 20 pound weight on Earth, they'll hit the ground at the same time because the air resistance is not enough to slow the fall of the lighter weight (over a small distance, anyway).

They fall at a different rate on Earth because the Earth has more mass, therefore more gravitational pull. This means other objects are attracted to it at a faster rate of acceleration than on the moon.

Answer 5

air resistance

there is no atmosphere on the moon and so the feather falls at the same rate as the hammer

Answer 6

Air resistance due to the weight and shape of the feather. The video of this is the proof that we actually went to the moon as the experiment is not possible on earth. The moon has no atmosphere, hence no air, hence no air resistance.

Answer 7

Simply, wind resistance, on earth the feather's motion is impeded by air molecules, which slow it down. On the moon there is no atmosphere, so there is no air and no air resistance to impede a feathers motion.

Answer 8

There is no atmosphere or air on the moon to slow the items down. The air resistance is what causes items to fall slower than in an airless environment.

Answer 9

Objects fall on Earth because of gravitational pull. The gravitational pull is in direct relation to the moon not vice versa. Therefore there is no gravitational pull on the moon. Hence, the hammer and feather will eventually hit the moon's surface...maybe.

Answer 10

gravity.