183_notes:examples:earth_s_translational_angular_momentum

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Calculate the magnitude of the Earth's translational (orbital) angular momentum relative to the Sun when the Earth is at location A and when the Earth is at location B as displayed in the representation of the situation in the representations. The mass of the Earth is $6$ x $10^{24}kg$ and its distance from the Sun is $1.5$ x $10^{11}m$.

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The Earth makes one complete orbit of the Sun in 1 year, so its average speed is:

$v = \frac{2\pi(1.5 \times 10^{11}m)}{(365)(24)(60)(60)s} = 3.0 \times 10^4 m/s$

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