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Center of Gravity


The center of gravity of a body is the point through which the resultant gravitational force may be regarded as acting. In a uniform gravitational field, this point coincides with the center of mass. In a nonuniform gravitational field, the force on different parts of the body is weighted by different local gravitational accelerations, so the center of gravity can differ from the center of mass.


See also

Center of Mass, Geometric Centroid

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Center of Gravity." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/CenterofGravity.html

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