What is the acceleration experienced by a 1200 kg object as it falls?

If we may ignore air resistance ... and we always do for calculations that involve falling objects ... an object with 1200kg of mass accelerates at the rate of about 9.8 meters per second-squared, if it's on or near the surface of the Earth.
That acceleration is the same as that of a falling elephant, bowling ball, car, rock, leaf, or feather, in the absence of air resistance. In the absence of air resistance, acceleration in free fall doesn't depend on the mass, weight, size, shape, color, temperature, gender identification, or national origin of the falling objects. Without air resistance, all objects fall at the same rate, and ANY two objects that are dropped from the same height at the same time hit the ground at the same time.

Answered by AL2006 | 2024-06-10

The acceleration experienced by a 1200 kg object as it falls, ignoring air resistance, is approximately 9.8 meters per second-squared. This acceleration is constant and does not depend on the object's mass. All objects fall at the same rate in free fall conditions.
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Answered by AL2006 | 2025-06-16