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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.

  • aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social
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    2 days ago

    A feather has smaller surface area than a bowling ball.

    Depends on the feather and the bowling ball. Even relatively small (by volume) feathers might outdo a bowling ball thanks to the numerous fine shapes they have.

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      2 days ago

      I meant cross-section area, not surface area. Sorry. Edited my comment above.

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        2 days ago

        An average bowling ball is 8.5 inches in diameter, giving it a cross sectional surface area of roughly 60 sq in. Restricting ourselves to feathers made by non-human animals, the longest feather measured was on a Yokohama chicken at 34 feet / 400+ inches. I can’t find the width of the feather, but it’s still likely it outdoes an average bowling ball.

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          2 days ago

          That is one very impressive feather.

          Restricting ourselves to feathers made by non-human animals

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