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You forget that both particles attract each other. A heavier particle falling toward the sun will cause the sun to move which will in turn influence the path o

by ars 4y ago

You forget that both particles attract each other. A heavier particle falling toward the sun will cause the sun to move which will in turn influence the path of the particle.

evanb 4y ago
But this is not what anybody means when they talk about the equivalence principle.
- ars 4y ago
  Sure, but I wasn't talking about the equivalence principle. We were comparing the motion of a charged particle and a mass particle. The equivalence principal was never mentioned.