Static members

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A static member is a member that exists only once per class, as opposed to once per object.
When you declare a field to be static, that means that this field exists only once per class, as opposed to once for each object (such as the nextID field of the Body object).
A static method is invoked on behalf of the entire class.
A static method can access only static variables and static methods of the class.
```
    prime = Primes.nextPrime();
    id = Vehicle.currentID();
```

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