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John Mohr
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Today, I had a thought experiment where I began to puzzle over inertia of very large masses being dropped.
Imagine a scenario where the Moon was suspended 100 m from the surface of the Earth alongside a marble at the same height. Now ignoring air resistance and the gravity exerted by the Moon on the marble, let's suppose they were "dropped" from that point. Would they hit the Earth's surface at the same time?
My thoughts were that the Moon would lag behind and hit the surface after the marble due to it's great inertia. Also, one would noticeably feel the Earth falling "up" towards the Moon.
Would anyone else like to weigh in on this?
Imagine a scenario where the Moon was suspended 100 m from the surface of the Earth alongside a marble at the same height. Now ignoring air resistance and the gravity exerted by the Moon on the marble, let's suppose they were "dropped" from that point. Would they hit the Earth's surface at the same time?
My thoughts were that the Moon would lag behind and hit the surface after the marble due to it's great inertia. Also, one would noticeably feel the Earth falling "up" towards the Moon.
Would anyone else like to weigh in on this?