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So why does the bowling ball fall faster in a vacuum? Does it appear faster locally because the heavier object makes local time slower than the lighter object compared to a distant observer? I'm trying to understand what the meme is getting at.
That's the neat thing: it doesn't
The bowling ball also pulls the earth towards itself. This amount is imperceptibly small but still there
I’m trying to understand as well.
Because it, ever so slightly, pulls Earth towards it with it's own, miniscule gravity.
But that doesn't make the bowling ball fall faster to a distant observer, just the earth fall twords the ball. To an observer on earth it would appear to fall faster though.
Yeah, I think the meme is intended from the perspective of an observer on Earth.
The ball's acceleration is identical to the feather's, but it's fall ends up shorter.