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momentum
(redirected from angular momentum)

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The law of conservation of angular momentum dictates that the angular momentum lost by the star would be transferred to the charged particles in the disk, presumably raising their orbits around the star.
These moves helped increase his angular momentum, or energy of motion of a rotating body After one flip, the teen untucked his body to keep from flipping again.
The axial symmetry of the trap is broken, angular momentum is not conserved, and the orbits take on a chaotic character.
 
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