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The property of a body defined by its mass multiplied by its velocity.

electron (neutral hydrogen) 1.99 x 10-24 kgm/s	dog (greyhound) 401 kgm/s cheetah 1722 kgm/s human (olympic sprinter) 870 kgm/s race horse 7645 kgm/s elephant (African male) 4.0 x 104 kgm/s tyranosaurus rex 3.8 x 104 kgm/s	baseball (fast ball) 6.35 kgm/s tennis ball (pro serve) 3.56 kgm/s basketball (free throw) 4.78 kgm/s
motorcycle (650, freeway) 6.4 x 103 kgm/s small car (freeway) 3.0 x 104 kgm/s M1A1 Tank 1.15 x 106 kgm/s Space Shuttle (empty) 5.7 x 108 kgm/s Space Shuttle (with cargo) 7.5 x 108 kgm/s freight train (100 cars) 3.56 x 108 kgm/s aircraft carrier (JFK class) 1.1 x 109 kgm/s	Mercury (relative to Sun) 1.58 x 1028 kgm/s Earth 1.78 x 1029 kgm/s Jupiter 2.48 x 1031 kgm/s Pluto 6.45 x 1025 kgm/s	Sun (relative to core) 4.37 x 1035 kgm/s Pleiades (open cluster) 4.00 x 1037 kgm/s M13 (globular cluster) 2.19 x 1041 kgm/s

Mass   Velocity   Acceleration   Momentum   Radius   Density