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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Are there any planets or stars that don't rotate?
« on: 14/08/2018 16:40:47 »
Hello,
I understand that matters in the universe follows the conservation of angular momentum law. However, let say, there's an external object that collides and creates an equilibrium to target planet or star, which cause the rotation becomes zero (or very very very minimal). In theory, this is possible.
Do we ever detect this kind of behavior? What happen to the system, if suddenly the host star stop rotating?
Thanks,
Budi Prasetya - Seattle
I understand that matters in the universe follows the conservation of angular momentum law. However, let say, there's an external object that collides and creates an equilibrium to target planet or star, which cause the rotation becomes zero (or very very very minimal). In theory, this is possible.
Do we ever detect this kind of behavior? What happen to the system, if suddenly the host star stop rotating?
Thanks,
Budi Prasetya - Seattle