Free Fall on the Solar System Planets and the Moon
Free Fall on the Solar System Planets and the Moon
A freely falling object is subject only to the acceleration produced by the force of gravity. Near the surface of the Earth, the acceleration value is . On other solar system planets, this value is different; the time that an object needs to cover a certain distance is different compared to Earth.
9.8m/
2
s
External Links
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Permanent Citation
Permanent Citation
Enrique Zeleny
"Free Fall on the Solar System Planets and the Moon"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/FreeFallOnTheSolarSystemPlanetsAndTheMoon/
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Published: March 16, 2011