Sentences with phrase «rate under gravity»
About 425 years ago, Galileo Galilei supposedly dropped pairs of balls of different sizes and materials from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to show that all objects accelerate at the same rate under gravity's pull.
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After all, we aren't that great at second - guessing aspects of classical reality, either: how many of us would naturally say that feathers and bricks fall at the same rate under gravity?
A French satellite experiment has shown that objects with different masses fall at exactly the same rate under gravity, just as relativity dictates.
And by testing the effect of gravity on BECs of two different types of atoms, an atom interferometer could test the principle that all objects, no matter their weight or composition, accelerate at the exact same rate under gravity's pull — as Galileo Galilei supposedly demonstrated by dropping balls of different materials off the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy.
Not exact matches
The controversial experiment seemed to fall foul of Einstein's equivalence principle, which states that all objects should accelerate under gravity at the same rate.
Not many details are known yet, but the Korean Ratings Board has it listed under «Gravity Rush Remaster».