center of mass
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The two asteroids orbit a shared center of mass in what scientists call a binary system.
From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026
Shifting the center of mass rearward dramatically improved the Corvette’s balance and hotshot acceleration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
As they climb the curved ramp, they pop up and bring their center of mass closer to the center of rotation, and they speed up.
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
