Re: [AMBER] Is geometric center of atoms same as center of mass ?

From: Daniel Roe <daniel.r.roe.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 11:46:09 +0000

Geometric center is the averaged position not taking into account mass,
like center of mass when the mass of all elements is the same.

-Dan

On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 6:32 AM Saikat Pal <saikatpaliitg.yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
> In radial command (amber 2015 reference manual page no 586) there is
> "center" word present. Calculate RDF from geometric center of atoms in
> <solvent mask1> to all
> atoms in <solute mask2>. Is geometric center of atoms same as center of
> mass, if not then what is it ??
> Thanks and regards,
> Saikat
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