Timeline for What exactly is center of mass?
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| Nov 14, 2020 at 5:48 | comment | added | TLo | This was the only way I could intuitively understand why motion along COM produced translation motion instead of torque, because there is uniform mass in all the areas surrounding it. Now that I realize this is not always true, how come pushing along COM produce translation. Wouldn't one side lag after another side when pushed, b/c there is no equal mass on both sides? Thanks. | |
| Nov 14, 2020 at 5:48 | comment | added | TLo | Thanks for answer. But like I posted this comment above as well b/c I still wasn't able to get a grasp on your explanation. My main confusion stems from the fact that previously I thought that COM was that geometric point around an object where there was equal amount of mass in every direction surrounding it, whether object was uniform or not. Cont.... | |
| S Nov 14, 2020 at 5:42 | history | suggested | Anonymous | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 14, 2020 at 2:49 | history | edited | user256872 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 14, 2020 at 2:41 | history | edited | user256872 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 14, 2020 at 2:33 | history | answered | user256872 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |