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Which of the following objects have momentum?

(a) An electron is orbiting the nucleus of an atom.

(b) A UPS truck is stopped in front of the school building.

(c) The high school building rests in the middle of town.

(d) None of the mentioned

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The doubt is from Numericals On Kinetics Of Motion and Loss of Kinetic Energy in portion Kinematics & Kinetics of Motion of Machine Kinematics

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The correct option is (a) An electron is orbiting the nucleus of an atom.

Explanation: Momentum can be thought of as mass in motion. An object has momentum if it has its mass in motion. It matters not whether the object is of large mass or small mass, moving with constant speed or accelerating; if the object is MOVING, then it has momentum.

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