Difference between revisions of "Forest UCM Ch3 CoM"
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[[Forest_UCM_MnAM#Center_of_Mass]] | [[Forest_UCM_MnAM#Center_of_Mass]] | ||
Revision as of 14:05, 13 September 2014
The Center of mass
Definiiton of the Center of Mass
The position of the center of mass is given by
The center of mass is given as the sum of the position of each object in the system weighted by the objects mass.