Free fall
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title:
Free fall
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In classical mechanics, free fall is any motion of a body where gravity is the only force acting upon it.
A freely falling object may not necessarily be falling down in the vertical direction. An object moving upwards might not normally be considered to be falling, but if it is subject to only the force of gravity, it is said to be in free fall. The Moon is thus in free fall around the Earth, though its orbital speed keeps it in very far orbit from the Earth's surface. In a roughly uniform gravi
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Motion of a body subject only to gravity
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_fall
date created:
2002-09-05T10:10:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T05:19:15Z
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