Position of centre of mass of some regular bodies
S.No Shape of body Position of center of mass
1. Uniform rod Centre of rod
2. Plane rectangular or square lamina Point of intersection of diagonals
3. Plane triangular lamina Point of intersection of the medians of the triangles
4. Uniform circular ring Centre of ring
5. Uniform circular disc Centre of disc
6. Uniform solid sphere Centre of the solid sphere
7. Uniform hollow sphere Centre of the hollow sphere
8. Uniform hollow cylinder Mid point of the axis of the hollow cylinder
9. Uniform solid cylinder Mid point of the axis of the solid cylinder
10. Rectangular or cubical block Point of intersection of diagonals
11. Pyramid or cone On the line joining the centre of the base to the apex. It is at a distance of '3h/4' from the vertex where 'h' is the height of the cone.