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Absolute zero (−273.15°C) is the coldest possible temperature — at which atoms nearly stop moving.
Did you know?
Absolute zero (−273.15°C) is the coldest possible temperature — at which atoms nearly stop moving.
Did you know?
A single strand of DNA, if uncoiled, would be ~6 feet long — yet it fits inside a cell nucleus.
Moment of inertia is the sum of the products of the mass of each particle and the square of its distance from the axis of rotation.
Moment of inertia
kg m^2Mass of the i-th particle
kgDistance of the i-th particle from the axis
mMoment of inertia is a measure of an object's resistance to changes in its rotation rate. It is the rotational analogue to mass in linear motion.
Used to calculate rotational kinetic energy and dynamics of rotating systems.
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