center of mass
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Positronium is a short-lived, two-body system made up of an electron and a positron bound together and orbiting a shared center of mass.
From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026
Shifting the center of mass rearward dramatically improved the Corvette’s balance and hotshot acceleration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
When a skateboarder hits the circular section of the half-pipe, they start crouched down, positioning their center of mass further from the center of rotation above their head.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2024
Eventually, when its nuclear batteries run out of juice for good, it will continue to quietly orbit the center of mass of the Milky Way for eternity.
From Salon • May 7, 2023
A great telescope has recently shown that one star in eighteen on the average is a visual double—is composed of two suns in slow revolution around their common center of mass.
From Marvels of Modern Science by Severing, Paul
