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Linear momentum, translational momentum or simply momentum is the product of a body's mass and its velocity:
where p is the momentum, m is the mass and is the velocity.
Momentum can be thought of as the "power" when a body is moving, meaning how much force it can have on another body. For example,
Momentum is a vector quantity, which has both direction and magnitude. Its unit is kg m/s (kilogram metre per second) or N s (newton second).