What will happen if I push away from an object having the same mass as me?

Subject: What will happen if I push away from an object having the same mass as me?

Date: Thu Jan 24 09:06:37 2002
Posted by Angela Adams
Grade level: 4-6 School: Carver-Edisto Middle School
City: Cordova State/Province: SC Country: USA
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 1011881197.As

Message:


I mean this in space.   I know that this has to do with Newton's third law.  I 
also understand what would happen if the objects in space were of different 
masses.  What I don't understand is what if they were the same!  I don't know if 
they wouldn't move at all.....or if both of them would barely move but in equal 
and opposite directions.

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