Model the Earth as a uniform sphere. (a) Calculatethe angular momentum of the Earth due

Chapter 11, Problem 26

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Model the Earth as a uniform sphere. (a) Calculatethe angular momentum of the Earth due to its spinningmotion about its axis. (b) Calculate the angularmomentum of the Earth due to its orbital motionabout the Sun. (c) Explain why the answer in part (b) islarger than that in part (a) even though it takes significantlylonger for the Earth to go once around the Sunthan to rotate once about its axis.

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