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centre of mass/gravity

Name: Anonymous 2006-10-10 7:34

What's the difference between centre of mass and centre of gravity?

Name: Anonymous 2006-10-10 14:25

I don't see one.  Just the way the definition is described in terms of mass or in terms of gravitational attraction toward the mass.

Name: Anonymous 2006-10-10 15:20

center of mass = center of an object where mass is equal on all sides
center of gravity = center of an object where gravity is equal on all sides

Name: Anonymous 2006-10-10 18:01

>>3
They're the same thing.

Name: Anonymous 2006-10-10 22:11

>>3
Spoiler: Mass has inertia.

Name: Anonymous 2006-10-10 22:50

>>5
The center of mass at any given time is the center of gravity.
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/CenterofGravity.html
Stop failing.

Name: Anonymous 2006-10-11 0:09

>>6
They're only the same if the object is in a uniform gravitational field

Name: Anonymous 2006-10-12 10:12

>>4
mass!=weight

Don't change these.
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