Homework Statement
Find the linear (or tangential) velocity of a point on the Earth's equator in the frame of reference about a stationary rotational axis as it spins over the course of one day.
Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution
I do not understand what the frame of reference is?? If...
Homework Statement
A circular turntable of mass 2.0 kg and radius 6.0 inches is rotating freely at 66 2/3 rpm. If a 500 gram blob of clay is dropped on the disk at a distance of 4.0 inches from the center, what is the resulting angular speed of the system? Treat the clay as a point mass (I =...
Homework Statement
the sun collapses to the size of the Earth (approximately 1/100 the original diameter), The current average rotation of the sun is approximately 30 days.
Homework Equations
what would be the new rotational period (time to spin once)?
The Attempt at a Solution
I know that in...