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Old Fri Aug 08, 2003, 10:28am
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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
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Originally posted by Mark Padgett
I've worked with dozens of officials who work the PIL. None of them I've ever met is that dumb (except one who told me a player's status is determined by his "center of gravity").

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He is even dumber, the correct term is "center of mass" not "center of gravity." [/B][/QUOTE]

Somehow I always thought that in a uniform field center of mass = center of gravity. Apparently these people agree:

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/cm.html

Did I miss something?

Edit: Maybe they differ when doing dynamic analysis?

[Edited by Dan_ref on Aug 8th, 2003 at 10:31 AM]
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