– Why did the feather and the hammer fall at the same speed on the moon, but slower than they would fall in a vacuum on earth?

Question

If mass does not affect the speed at which they fall, then the mass of the object they are falling towards should not matter either, and yet obviously it does.

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Answer 1

The mass of the planet affects the speed, the mass of the object is negligable. The moon’s gravity is lower since it is of less mass. So, after releasing an object, something on Earth would accelerate down at 9.8 meters/second per second whereas something on the moon would only drop down 1.6 meters/second per second.

Edit: fixed math