Motion of the center of mass

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Introduction

Summary

A hammer is thrown up in the air. A stroboscope illuminates the hammer at uniform time intervals when you select "stroboscopy".
The trajectory of a particular point A can be plotted. It is also possible to move this point on the hammer to highlight the specific case of the center of mass (also known as center of inertia or center of gravity)..

Goals

• To illustrate the distinctive features of the center of mass while studying the motion of rigid body. 
  
• To get a stroboscopic view of the parabolic free fall of a body.

Features

Click and drag the point A on the hammer.

Click on or to play/stop the animation. 

Tags

stroboscope stroboscopy chronophotography hammer center-of-mass trajectory Newton parabola gravity free-fall