Suppose the sun were to suddenly shrink in size but its mass remained the same. according to the law of conservation of angular momentum, what would happen?

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Inteloid · Answer 1 · 2017-10-20T09:55:56+0000

since the angular momentum is conserved, and the moment of inertia has decreased, so the angular velocity of the sun will rapidly increase and the sun will spin faster

Suppose the sun were to suddenly shrink in size but its mass remained the same. according to the law of conservation of angular momentum, what would happen?

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