Hurricane Irma from space (September 2017)
7.4 - Angular Momentum
- To be able to calculate the angular momentum of a rotating object.
- To know that in the absence of an external torque being applied, the angular momentum of a rotating system is conserved.
- To be able to use the conservation of angular momentum for orbital motion.
Jake Fisher demonstrating the conservation of Angular Momentum - 16 April 2014 (video by Kurt Repose)
YouTube clip - rigid body rotation lecture