How does Newton’s Third Law Apply when, say, pushing a ball through space?

Question

Wouldn’t an equal and opposite be exerted on your hand, thus canceling out the force and having no net change on the ball?

Noticeably different from a rocket, where propelled material is the force that drives the rocket forward.

I used to remember the answer to this question, but my physics is kinda fuzzy.

In: Physics

Answer 1

You’d go backwards an equal amount of momentum that the ball would go forward. Since you are, presumably, more massive than the ball, the ball would go faster than you would.