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Stephanie .W.
A momentum actually has both magnitude and direction, it’s a
vector quantity. Also, the direction of a momentum is the same
as the direction of the velocity.
Basically, a momentum is the property of a tendency of a moving
object.
Thus, a linear momentum is an object moving in a line, where the
momentum is mass of the object multiplied by its velocity, p= m x v
Another one is angular momentum, where single body could have two
types of angular momentum. The magnitude is equal to the
momentum of the particle.
The last one is conceptual momentum, but it’s fairly related to the
scientific meaning of momentum.
Linear
Momentum
It’s where the Earth for
example, continues to spin
at the same rate it has for
billions years.
Momentum and
Newton’s Second
Law
A football player hits
a record of reaching a
speed of 60 m/s.