13. Rotational Inertia & Energy
Intro to Rotational Kinetic Energy
Problem 10.63a
Textbook Question
Textbook Question(II) Estimate the kinetic energy of the Earth with respect to the Sun as the sum of two terms, (a) that due to its daily rotation about its axis, [Assume the Earth is a uniform sphere with mass = 6.0 x 10²⁴ kg , radius = 6.4 x 10⁶ m, and is 1.5 x 10⁸ km from the Sun.]
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