Angular Momentum & its Conservation
The Sun rotates around its centre once in 27 days. What will be the period of revolution if the Sun were to expand to twice its present radius without any external influence? Assume the Sun to be a sphere of uniform density.
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Answer: (b)
- No external torque: = constant, so .
- Uniform sphere, same mass: , so gives .
- days, so the answer is (b).