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What is the condition necessary for free fall​

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The free fall is a motion that happens when we let something fall from certain height, this motion only happens when the object falls because of its own weight without any initial force or initial velocity, because then we would be talking about a vertical motion.

The free fall is a uniformly accelerated motion that only moves in the vertical axis (“y” axis), with the condition that the initial velocity will always have to be equals to 0 and the acceleration will be the value of the gravity in the place of the motion (9.8m/s). When a free fall motion happens in perfect conditions (this means that there is no air or any other factor that affects the trajectory of the object) the object only moves vertically.

When an object is in free fall, it will star with a 0m/s velocity, but while time passes, the velocity of the object will increase progressively until it impacts the floor or any object that is in its trajectory, this is why, the higher the initial height is, the stronger the impact will be against the floor.

Free Fall Conditions

The trajectory of an object in free fall could be affected by the air masses, an atmospheric phenomenon also known as aerodynamic resistant. In theory an object in free fall only moves vertically, but because of the air masses the trajectory of the object could change, both vertically and horizontally, how much will the air masses affects the object will depend on the weight of the object, if the object is heavier, then the air masses will not affect the object that much.

The condition depends on the property of the material under free fall. For example, if the body has a certain mass as well as charged, it causes a deflection due to Earth's magnetic field. Also the Coriolis effect due to Earth's rotation (when dropped from space to earth) comes into play when the object falls from a much higher altitude.

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