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FallenApple
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So masses on springs store potential energy. Height in a gravational field store potential energy for the mass there.So why isn't there a potential energy stored inside rotating objects? Surely there are ways to translate the rotational energy to kinetic. Its kinda like a spring. If a set down a fast spinning object, it will roll forward slowing its rotation down and speeding up its linear motion. One type of energy is transferred to another.