Free fall time

characteristic time that would take a body to collapse under its own gravitational attraction, if no other forces existed to oppose the collapse

Corresponding Quantity Kind: time with ISQ dimension $𝖳$

Formula(s) and quantity(-ies)

Defining Formula: $t (y) \equiv \sqrt{\frac{{y_{0}}^{3}}{2 G (m + M)}} (\sqrt{\frac{y}{y_{0}} (1 - \frac{y}{y_{0}})} + \arccos \sqrt{\frac{y}{y_{0}}})$
$M$ symbol represents earth mass
$m$ symbol represents free fall mass
$y$ symbol represents free fall height
$y_{0}$ symbol represents free fall initial height
$G$ symbol represents gravitational constant
$t$ symbol represents free fall time

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Item	Property
free fall solution (non-uniform gravitation)	symbol represents
free fall time	symbol represents
time	specialized by

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