Wednesday, October 3, 2007

SCIENCE! swimming on the moon

i think that if you dive into a pool on the moon you would
  1. not go very deep
  2. go really slow
because the force of gravity is only 1.6 compared to the earths 9.8. so the force pulling you down wouldn't be very strong. and you would probably only go down a few feet in the pool. and the acceleration due to gravity is so week you wouldn't make as big of a splash in the pool.
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Mary Margaret said...

Great observations. I agree about depth and the speed of the fall, but consider the splash you mentioned. I'm thinking it would be a big splash, or at least the water would go higher. Remember gravity works on the water droplets as well!

October 19, 2007 at 9:24 PM

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