Re: celestial momentum farce

[Ludwik Kowalski <KowalskiL@MAIL.MONTCLAIR.EDU>]

In the newtonian frame of distant stars our solar system has a
certain amount of angular momentum. What fraction of it is
associated with the spinning motion the sun? Assume the
of center of the sum is at rest in that frame. Is it really only
2%? Why not much more? Why not much less?

John Denker wrote:

> Let's see.
>
>   1) My brother-in-law lives near Jupiter.  When he calculates the masses,
> velocities, and lever-arms relative to a datum in his laboratory, he finds
> that virtually none of the angular momentum is in Jupiter;  the sun is
> massive and speedy and distant, so it contains virtually all of the angular
> momentum;  there is also a small contribution from Saturn, plus various
> other nits and gnats. ..