The earth has a mass of 6.0x1024 kg, and an approximately circular orbital distance of 1.5x1011 m.  The angular momentum of the Earth about the sun is equal to 2.7x10___ N m^s. (Give the exponent.) Hint 1) Find the velocity of the Earth and use that in the equation of the angular momentum of a point mass: L = r m v sin φ.  2) Find angular velocity of Earth and multiply that by the rotational inertia for a point mass: I=MR2.

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The earth has a mass of 6.0x1024 kg, and an approximately circular orbital distance of 1.5x1011 m. 

The angular momentum of the Earth about the sun is equal to 2.7x10___ N m^s. (Give the exponent.)

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1) Find the velocity of the Earth and use that in the equation of the angular momentum of a point mass: L = r m v sin φ. 
2) Find angular velocity of Earth and multiply that by the rotational inertia for a point mass: I=MR2.

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