8 FIGURES
(cont.)
Figure 3. The 3 masses and 2 of their centers of mass.
The 3 masses at the vertices of an equilateral triangle, with each side of
the triangle a unit distance in length, and with both the masses
m1
and m2 positioned on the
x-axis (y = 0)
and equidistant from the y-axis (x = 0). Each mass of an
equilateral triangle of masses sees
the center of mass of the other 2 and the center of mass of all 3 line up
with itself.
This drawing assumes that the mass of m1 is greater than
the mass of m2 which is greater than the mass of
m3.
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