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[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because it, ever so slightly, pulls Earth towards it with it's own, miniscule gravity.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I think the meme is intended from the perspective of an observer on Earth.

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

The ball's acceleration is identical to the feather's, but it's fall ends up shorter.