KPK英汉双语物理-力学：12-自由落体.docVIP

2.3 Freely falling bodies We take an object into our hands and let go of it. It falls to the ground. We can now explin this phenomenon: A momentum current of m·g flows into the object. Therefore, its momentum continuously increases. The longer it falls, the faster it falls. Something here is odd, though. If two objects, one heavy and one light, are let go at the same time from the same height, they reach the ground at the same time. Shouldn’t the heavier one hit the ground earlier since it receives more momentum from the Earth? We will calculate how the momentum of the two bodies increases. W