Distance vs Time of A Falling Object

[atomic7732]

I did an experiment today about the time of a falling object based on the height above the ground. It was tough since timing was human and not robotic. I got some logarithms which I have no use for cause I have no clue what they exactly are. If anyone is interested. Here.

[deoxy99]

I don't get it. What is the "falling" object? Average of what? Log of what?

[atomic7732]

I dropped an object. It doesn't matter, as all objects fall the same speed. Drop a small rock and drop a large book at the same time, what happens. They hit the ground at the same time. There are exceptions, balloons, paper, feathers... Anything buoyant!

I took two runs, just to make sure. The average is of both runs.

The logarithm is the logarithm of projection of the distance vs time curve.

[deoxy99]

In a vacuum that is.

[atomic7732]

No. Try it yourself.

[FGFG]

The exception you mentioned (feathers, papers) are all object which are highly influenced by the air. If you use the same objects in space they will hit the ground at the same time.

This is the experiment made on the Moon
Youtube - The Hammer and the Feather

[deoxy99]

Actually, I saw a clip of that video in someone else's video.