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Old 11-29-2011, 04:23 PM  
Mr Pheer
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Originally Posted by ArsewithClass View Post
Until at some point the centrifugal force becomes such a mass that the gravity establishes itself & the object falls in a curve, due to both gravity & velocity of which the force created.

If an object falls into gravity, the only curve would be from an object spinning & creating its own direction of fall or if we are talking about something falling to the earth, of cause the earth is already spinning, so the object would fall in a direct line but of course from where it was dropped
It will fall in a curve anyway, simply because the walls of the bucket travel faster than the center. Even if its not in a bucket, the same rules apply. Most buckets that I know of, do not have enough mass in the center to affect anything with their own gravity.
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