will same object reach ground first on earth and on moon?

Subject: will same object reach ground first on earth and on moon?

Date: Tue Apr 10 22:07:55 2001
Posted by Elizabeth Cummings
Grade level: 4-6 School: Walnut Elementary
City: Crawfordsville State/Province: IN Country: usa
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 986954875.As

Message:


If I drop a feather and a hammer on the earth, the hammer will reach the ground 
first.  What happens if I do the same thing on the moon?  Will the hammer reach 
the surface first also, or will they reach the surface at the same time?  My 
teacher says that they will reach the surface at the same time.  I think the 
hammer will reach first, but take 6 times longer to make it.

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