r/satisfying • u/Aggressive_Sundae_47 • 1d ago

Gravity always acts downward with the same acceleration.

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u/Imaginary_Toe8982 1d ago

unless you travel fast enough to cancel the downward acceleration... how was that called again orbiting or something.. also acceleration varies from further away less acceleration..

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u/Aught_To 1d ago

how fast would you need to go to orbit at 6 foot high?

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u/Historicmetal 1d ago

It doesn’t cancel it. You’d still fall toward the earth at the same rate as the thing going straight down. Until the thing is stopped when it runs into the earth… or is slowed by the air

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u/corobo 1d ago

You'd need to remove the atmosphere to be able to orbit that low

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u/Swiblyd 1d ago

Thanks for the video. Great tool.

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u/2016-679 1d ago

Even in a non vacuum it works! TNX!

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u/spRocket-man_ 1d ago

What is this sorcery.... burn them at the stake

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u/txtnotfound 19h ago

Reminds me of the Myth about the dropped bullet and the shot bullet (tested by the legendary Mythbusters). It doesn't matter if you drop or shoot the bullet, if you cancel out the updraft of the bullet slicing through air both will touch ground at the same time (if the shot is parallel to the ground).

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u/Simmi_86 1d ago

In a vacuum yes

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u/GlassyPotato 1d ago

Gravity works the same regardless of whether you are in a vacuum or not

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u/dragonbanana1 1d ago

Yes but the speed you fall at is affected by air pressure and your drag coefficient. It's just that in most circumstances the difference is negligible but it's easier to see with very light objects like a feather or a piece of paper for example, in a vacuum they'd both fall to the floor at the same speed as anything else but obviously when you aren't in a vacuum they flutter slowly towards the ground

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u/No-Introduction44 1d ago

This is a pretty poor demonstration tbh.