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Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards?

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Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards?
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RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards?
August 1, 2015 at 2:59 pm
you threw a mountain? o_O
Are you related to superman by any chance?

But if you really did then you are missing an important factor in your observation: air.
Earth's gravity isn't the only thing acting on your ball and mountain, the air-mass around them is affecting them based on their density as well. I suggest you read up on the differences between mass, weight and density, and then check out the famous feather and coin falling in vacuum experiment.
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Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards?

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RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Longhorn - August 1, 2015 at 5:13 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by IATIA - August 2, 2015 at 9:02 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 3, 2015 at 1:46 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by IATIA - August 4, 2015 at 7:45 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Cato - August 1, 2015 at 8:13 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by brewer - August 1, 2015 at 6:56 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 1, 2015 at 7:05 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Jenny A - August 4, 2015 at 8:09 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Longhorn - August 5, 2015 at 4:14 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Jenny A - August 5, 2015 at 9:22 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 1, 2015 at 8:16 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Longhorn - August 1, 2015 at 8:31 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Cato - August 1, 2015 at 8:34 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Pyrrho - August 1, 2015 at 12:24 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Brian37 - August 1, 2015 at 2:19 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Aoi Magi - August 1, 2015 at 2:59 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 2, 2015 at 4:11 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Aractus - August 2, 2015 at 8:24 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by bennyboy - August 2, 2015 at 8:57 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 2, 2015 at 10:01 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 2, 2015 at 11:39 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by LastPoet - August 2, 2015 at 11:19 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Longhorn - August 3, 2015 at 3:15 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 3, 2015 at 4:46 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 4, 2015 at 7:57 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 3, 2015 at 2:23 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 4, 2015 at 7:18 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Longhorn - August 4, 2015 at 7:25 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 4, 2015 at 8:04 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Longhorn - August 4, 2015 at 8:10 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 4, 2015 at 9:49 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by IATIA - August 4, 2015 at 8:03 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Pyrrho - August 4, 2015 at 9:59 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by IATIA - August 5, 2015 at 5:22 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by bennyboy - August 7, 2015 at 5:46 pm

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