Calculate the axial and total angular momentum of the Earth.

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Earth is rotating about the Sun in our solar system. The distance between the Earth and Sun is 1.5 × 10^11m. Consider the impact of an asteroid of mass 8.9 ×10^15 kg and a speed of 90,000 km/h with respect to the Earth’s surface. The asteroid strikes the Earth at the equator as shown in Figure. Consider the mass and radius of the Earth are ME = 5.97 × 10^24 kg and RE = 6.38×10^6 m, respectively. Assume that the axial and orbital axis of rotations are parallel to each other. Calculate the axial and total angular momentum of the Earth.

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