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physical object

physical object
subject			fact

physical object	is a kind of kbTop
	has definition Anything tangible having existence (living or nonliving)
	has location or center of gravity
	has angular momentum
	has mass
	has velocity
	has momentum
	has temperature
	has volume
	has extent
	has material

Kinds of physical object :

• artifact (307 kinds, 1579 facts) - an object made by humans
• naked eye object (102 kinds, 1141 facts) - a physical object visible to the unnaided human eye
• natural object (1286 kinds, 10176 facts) - an object occurring naturally, not constructed by humans
• person (33 kinds, 152 facts) - a human living or dead
• satellite (115 kinds, 482 facts) - a physical object gravitationaly bound and in orbit around a larger physical object