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Q62. A heavenly body (such as a comet) revolves in a highly elliptical orbit. Is it's angular momentumconstant over the entire orbit?

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Yes, the angular momentum is constant over the entire elliptical orbit. When the radius becomes small, the velocity compensates and vice versa so the total angular momentum is conserved. L=mvr



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