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In the foregoing we have studied the motion of particles. Strictly speaking, the term point mass should have been used instead of particle, in order to emphasize the theoretical nature of the concept. A point mass represents a finite mass of infinitesimal volume. Reality comes close to it in many cases. Even a huge body such as the earth, can be looked upon as a point mass, for example when its fundamental motion about the sun is investigated.
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Tabarrok, B., Rimrott, F.P.J. (1994). Rigid Body Dynamics. In: Variational Methods and Complementary Formulations in Dynamics. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 31. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8259-9_5
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