Campione, Mark
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Impulse & MomentumMomentum can be defined as "mass in motion." All objects have mass; so if an object is moving, then it has momentum - it has its mass in motion. The amount of momentum that an object has is dependent upon two variables: the variables mass and velocity. In terms of an equation, the momentum of an object is equal to the mass of the object times the velocity of the object.The impulse of an object is defined as a change in momentum of the object.Both impulse and momentum are vector quantities.