Question

Can the centre of mass be outside an object?

Answer 1

Centre of mass

1. The Centre of mass of a body or system of a particle is defined as, a point at which the whole of the mass of the body or all the masses of a system of particles appeared to be concentrated.
2. For Hollow objects like a uniform ring, the center of mass lie outside the object. For a ring, the centre of mass lies at the centre of the circle made by the ring
3. So, we can say that center of mass of an object can lie outside.