In article ,
Jim Logajan wrote:

Boy, I hate to be pedantic about this, but in a vacuum the heavier object
_will_ reach the surface of the earth faster than a lighter one if both
are released the same height above the ground.

That I'll buy. (unless they are dropped at the same time)

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But the bottom line is under "ideal" conditions a heavy stone "falls" a
teeny tiny miniscule bit faster to the earth than a light feather would.

um, not quite. The force on the more massive object is still just proportional
to the earth's mass. What happens is the earth moves towards the more
massive object more so than towards the less massive object.

Or have I totally botched my freshman physics?

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