Dimples on a golf ball actually use atmosphere to allow it to float for longer periods of time. So if we had a golf tournament on the moon, the golf ball's design would be different. You'd end up playing like a crazy golf, lunar crazy golf. That's what they would be. Oh, wow. Now see, that's a three cushion pull shot. The dimples would know.
Could you play Quidditch on Jupiter? Javelin on Mars? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly answer fan questions about low-gravity physics, the weight of Thor’s hammer, aerodynamics and more with astrophysicist Charles Liu.
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