Planetary Interiors: General Principles
Moment
of Inertia
- Moment of Inertia: The moment of inertia is a measure of the
degree to which mass is concentrated toward an object's center.
- Recall that the kinetic
energy (KE) is given by:
- For an object in circular
motion,
where r
is the distance from the rotation axis
where  is rotation
frequency in radians/sec
where I
is defined to be the Moment of Inertia, which is given by:
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