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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Momentum. | Nov 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at Kennesaw State University - Impulse-Momentum Diagrams (PDF). | Nov 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - University Physics Volume 1 - Linear Momentum. | Oct 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Momentum. | May 23, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Nebraska - Lincoln - Momentum and Impulse (PDF). | Jan 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: College of DuPage Digital Press - Conceptual Physics - Momentum. | Mar 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Boston University Arts and Sciences - Physics - Momentum. | Nov 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of New South Wales - Physclips - Momentum and collisions. | Aug 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - What is momentum? (PDF). | Sep 09, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Momentum. | Sep 06, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 04, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Physics Classroom - Momentum. | Jun 30, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - What are momentum and impulse? | Jun 30, 2017 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Sep 29, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Conserving Momentum: The Relativistic Mass Increase. | May 31, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Conserving Momentum: The Relativistic Mass Increase. | May 31, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Momentum, Work, and Energy. | May 30, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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