Angular momentum relates to how much an object is rotating. An object has a
constant angular momentum when it is neither speeding up nor slowing down. It is equal to the cross product of a length and a linear momentum. The length is between a center of rotation and a point where the linear momentum is present. The cross product can only be applied between two vectors (magnitude and direction), and the solution to a cross product is: , where is a vector that is perpendicular to the other two. The units of angular momentum are kgm2/s. angular momentum = (distance from the center of rotation) x (linear momentum)
angular momentum (kgm2/s)
length vector, directed from the center of rotation to the momentum point(meters) linear momentum vector (kgm/s)