Sep 15, 2006 #1 S suvendu Full Member level 3 Joined Oct 10, 2004 Messages 167 Helped 16 Reputation 32 Reaction score 3 Trophy points 1,298 Activity points 2,121 what is the cause of spin of earth about its axis?
Sep 16, 2006 #2 M maxwelleb Junior Member level 1 Joined Sep 7, 2005 Messages 17 Helped 1 Reputation 2 Reaction score 1 Trophy points 1,283 Activity points 1,449 as it was formed from particles in a gas cloud the particles had an angular momentum. the sum of those angular momentum sums up to nonzero and does not change much, because almost no torque is exerted on the earth.
as it was formed from particles in a gas cloud the particles had an angular momentum. the sum of those angular momentum sums up to nonzero and does not change much, because almost no torque is exerted on the earth.