Our sun rotates around its axis once every 27 days. What is the sun’s angular velocity in rad/s? What is the sun's moment of inertia in kg*m2? (Assume it’s a solid sphere) If the sun turned into a red giant, the radius would increase to 100 times its current radius. Assuming no loss of mass and that the sun is a solid sphere, what would be the sun’s new moment of inertia? What would be the sun’s new angular velocity assuming angular momentum is conserved?
Angular Momentum
The momentum of an object is given by multiplying its mass and velocity. Momentum is a property of any object that moves with mass. The only difference between angular momentum and linear momentum is that angular momentum deals with moving or spinning objects. A moving particle's linear momentum can be thought of as a measure of its linear motion. The force is proportional to the rate of change of linear momentum. Angular momentum is always directly proportional to mass. In rotational motion, the concept of angular momentum is often used. Since it is a conserved quantity—the total angular momentum of a closed system remains constant—it is a significant quantity in physics. To understand the concept of angular momentum first we need to understand a rigid body and its movement, a position vector that is used to specify the position of particles in space. A rigid body possesses motion it may be linear or rotational. Rotational motion plays important role in angular momentum.
Moment of a Force
The idea of moments is an important concept in physics. It arises from the fact that distance often plays an important part in the interaction of, or in determining the impact of forces on bodies. Moments are often described by their order [first, second, or higher order] based on the power to which the distance has to be raised to understand the phenomenon. Of particular note are the second-order moment of mass (Moment of Inertia) and moments of force.
- Our sun rotates around its axis once every 27 days.
- What is the sun’s
angular velocity in rad/s? - What is the sun's moment of inertia in kg*m2? (Assume it’s a solid sphere)
- What is the sun’s
If the sun turned into a red giant, the radius would increase to 100 times its current radius.
- Assuming no loss of mass and that the sun is a solid sphere, what would be the sun’s new moment of inertia?
- What would be the sun’s new angular velocity assuming
angular momentum is conserved?
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