17.1 Definition of the Center of Mass

MIT 8.01 Classical Mechanics, Fall 2016
Instructor: Dr. Peter Dourmashkin

License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

[shreehiwanj]

That is an awesome proof. Never thought that way
#MIT

[barkbarkbark]

Why is it defined this way? I don’t understand

Also, I get that mass acts as some weight, but so does distance ? And why do we divide by the total mass? What kind of average is this ?

[i.i]

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CENTER OF MASS AND CENTER OF

[mayaboukallel]

Why is center of mass so important? And what's it's unite? Is it Kg/cm?

[邱郁傑-nf]

why the definition doesn't divide the whole mass( my school teacher wrote that)

[newyearcoming]

In my opinion, the proof should first demonstrate the existence of the center of mass😃

[cr]

why does it have to correspond to zero

[redietmoges]

Who comes here to learn AI from scratch ?