• the specific relative angular momentum (often denoted h → {\displaystyle {\vec {h}}} or h {\displaystyle \mathbf {h} } ) of a body is the angular momentum...
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    Angular momentum (sometimes called moment of momentum or rotational momentum) is the rotational analog of linear momentum. It is an important physical...
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  • mechanics, angular momentum coupling is the procedure of constructing eigenstates of total angular momentum out of eigenstates of separate angular momenta...
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  • The angular momentum of light is a vector quantity that expresses the amount of dynamical rotation present in the electromagnetic field of the light. While...
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  • specific angular momentum because it equals the magnitude L of the angular momentum divided by the mass m of the particle. For brevity, the angular speed...
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  • the bodies; h {\displaystyle h} is the specific relative angular momentum in the sense of relative angular momentum divided by the reduced mass; e {\displaystyle...
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    for an atomic orbital that determines its orbital angular momentum and describes aspects of the angular shape of the orbital. The azimuthal quantum number...
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  • Spin is an intrinsic form of angular momentum carried by elementary particles, and thus by composite particles such as hadrons, atomic nuclei, and atoms...
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  • notably quantum chemistry, angular momentum diagrams, or more accurately from a mathematical viewpoint angular momentum graphs, are a diagrammatic method...
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    h\,=r\,v\,\cos \phi } where: h {\displaystyle h\,} is the specific relative angular momentum of the orbit, v {\displaystyle v\,} is the orbital speed of...
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    r={{h^{2}} \over {\mu }}} where: h = r v {\displaystyle h=rv} is specific angular momentum of the orbiting body. This is because μ = r v 2 {\displaystyle...
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    {\displaystyle \mathbf {v} } ) can be easily used to compute the specific angular momentum vector as h = r × v {\displaystyle \mathbf {h} =\mathbf {r} \times...
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    point to POI h1 is defined as specific angular momentum of the original orbit h2 is defined as specific angular momentum of the phasing orbit Remember...
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    orbiting body from the central body, h {\displaystyle h\,} is the specific angular momentum of the orbiting body, ν {\displaystyle \nu \,} is the true anomaly...
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  • motion do not change: the angular momentum and the mechanical energy. The first constant, called specific angular momentum, can be defined as h = 2 d...
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    the masses of objects 1 and 2, and h {\displaystyle h} is the specific angular momentum of object 2 with respect to object 1. The parameter θ {\displaystyle...
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    longitude of the ascending node can be calculated from the specific relative angular momentum vector h as follows: n = k × h = ( − h y , h x , 0 ) Ω = {...
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  • perpendicular at apoapsis and periapsis, conservation of angular momentum requires specific angular momentum h = r p v p = r a v a = constant {\displaystyle...
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    orbital period is the same, disregarding their eccentricity. The specific angular momentum h of a small body orbiting a central body in a circular or elliptical...
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    conservation of angular momentum. Areal velocity is closely related to angular momentum. Any object has an orbital angular momentum about an origin,...
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  • Celestial mechanics There is a related parameter, known as the specific relative angular momentum, h {\displaystyle h} . It is related to ℓ {\displaystyle \ell...
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  • \!} is velocity vector h {\displaystyle \mathbf {h} \,\!} is specific angular momentum vector (equal to r × v {\displaystyle \mathbf {r} \times \mathbf...
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    communication satellites use much higher geostationary orbits and move at the same angular velocity as the Earth as to appear stationary above one location on the...
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    specific angular momentum, h, of the initial and final orbits are equal in magnitude but not in direction. Therefore, the change in specific angular momentum...
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    Sun's equator or the invariable plane (the plane that represents the angular momentum of the Solar System, approximately the orbital plane of Jupiter). The...
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  • is characterized by specific energy E = 1 2 v 2 + Φ ( r ) {\textstyle E={\frac {1}{2}}v^{2}+\Phi (r)} and specific angular momentum L = | r → × v → | {\displaystyle...
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  • in momentum (impulse), where: Δ p = m Δ v {\displaystyle \Delta \mathbf {p} =m\Delta \mathbf {v} } , where p {\displaystyle \mathbf {p} } is momentum and...
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  • distance to the central body because of the law of conservation of angular momentum, or equivalently, Kepler's second law. This states that as a body moves...
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    during equal intervals of time). The constant of integration, h, is the angular momentum per unit mass. In order to get an equation for the orbit from equation...
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    gravitational parameter based on the total mass, and h the specific relative angular momentum (angular momentum divided by the reduced mass).: 12–17  For values...
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