What Is the Ratio of the Orbital Angular Momentum of the Earth

question 7

Multiple Choice

What is the ratio of the orbital angular momentum of the Earth compared to its spin angular momentum? Note that the Earth has a radius of 6* 10⁶ m, and 1 AU is 1.5 * 10¹¹ m.

• A) 1
• B) 70
• C) 640
• D) 25,000
• E) 4.3 * 10⁶

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