Galileo and inertia?

[Hello2]

I would like to know more about inertia, or laziness, and I have a question: Galileo was the first to discover that in a vacuum heavy objects don’t fall faster than lighter objects.

That was a counter-intuïtive discovery, and I wonder:

Is it possible that he also discovered that lighter objects fall faster than heavy ones, and this is also important for the orbits of satellites?

[Markus Hanke]

  On 9/2/2018 at 4:38 AM, Hello2 said:

Is it possible that he also discovered that lighter objects fall faster than heavy ones, and this is also important for the orbits of satellites?

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This is not what happens. All objects fall at the same rate (in vacuum).

[beecee]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5_dOEyAfk

 

[jajrussel]

Please correct me if I am wrong but shouldn't there be a distinction made between inertia and acceleration? Is it inertia that causes both the hammer and the feather to fall at the same rate? The OP connects Galileo to inertia? Is there a connection, or is it the wrong term?

[StringJunky]

  On 9/9/2018 at 11:58 AM, jajrussel said:

Please correct me if I am wrong but shouldn't there be a distinction made between inertia and acceleration? Is it inertia that causes both the hammer and the feather to fall at the same rate? The OP connects Galileo to inertia? Is there a connection, or is it the wrong term?

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Inertia is resistance to change of acceleration and is a function of mass and velocity. Acceleration due to gravity (free fall) is not affected by mass, so it should be clear that inertia does not affect free fall.

[Country Boy]

  On 9/9/2018 at 7:08 PM, StringJunky said:

Inertia is resistance to change of acceleration[/quote]

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resistance to change of velocity.

  14 hours ago, StringJunky said:

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and is a function of mass and velocity. Acceleration due to gravity (free fall) is not affected by mass, so it should be clear that inertia does not affect free fall.

 

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[StringJunky]

  On 9/9/2018 at 11:41 PM, Country Boy said:

resistance to change of velocity.

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If you change any aspect of an object's motion you are accelerating it.  I'm open to correction though.

Edited September 10, 2018 by StringJunky

[Country Boy]

Yes, and a constant

  On 9/10/2018 at 12:00 PM, StringJunky said:

If you change any aspect of an object's motion you are accelerating it. 

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Yes, and a constant acceleration, with no "change in acceleration" is a change in velocity requiring that inertia be overcome.

[StringJunky]

  On 9/10/2018 at 12:05 PM, Country Boy said:

Yes, and a constant

Yes, and a constant acceleration, with no "change in acceleration" is a change in velocity requiring that inertia be overcome.

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OK.