Interactive physics

Free Fall Calculator

Drop the same height on three worlds. See how gravity changes the clock and impact speed.

Gravity you can change

If you dropped it from 0.01 m on Earth…

Ideal fall time and impact speed, with air resistance deliberately left out so the gravity effect stays visible.

Fall time0.045 s
Time to fall0.045 st = √(2h/g)
Impact speed0.44 m/sv = √(2gh)
Gravity used9.80665 m/s²standard gravity

The useful assumption

This is ideal free fall, not a skydiving model

The calculator assumes constant gravitational acceleration and zero aerodynamic drag. Real objects in an atmosphere accelerate differently once drag becomes important; shape, mass, air density and speed all matter.

That simplification is the point here: with the air removed from the model, you can isolate how local gravity changes the same drop.