AtomStorm

Thanks for helping me out guys

Question: Why do two things with different masses fall at the same time when dropped from different heights? **if its already been answered don't read unless u want to really hear what i have to say.If you can explain the answer in the comments** Before i go on I'm not anywhere near college I wondered about this question and I thought of all the things I've learned on gravity and its not a lot. I may not use the correct terms for the answer. My answer: Since the earth is huge and massive it has a higher amount of force pushing on itself but its not just the earth every object must have some amount of force pushing itself. The two objects I'm going to use as example is a 2 ton weight bar and a tennis ball. The way we thought, before this question was asked, was since the weight bar is heavier it should fall first and when i mean heavier it get get pulled by the earth stronger that the ball. But there is another force that's keeping the bar from winning it force that it exerts on the earth. Since all objects have their own gravity the bar also has it own gravity that pushes itself upward and slows it down. Now the tennis ball while being attracted slower than the bar its gravity is less that the bar drastically.Therefore the tennis ball doesn't have much force stopping it ending the race with a tie.