The moon rotates about its axis every 27.3 days and orbits the earth every 27.3 days. A) what is the moment of inertia with respect to its axis? B) What is the moment of inertia with respect to the earth? C) What is the moons angular momentum with respect to its axis? D) WHat is its kinetic energy with respect to its axis?

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a. 2/5 massmoon*radiusmoon^2
b. massmoon*radiusofmoonorbit^2
c. angularmomentum=2/5 massmoon*radiusmoon^2*(2pi/time) where time=27.3days*24hrs/day*3600sec/hr=2.35e6seconds
d. KE= 1/2 I w^2 =1/2 * 2/5*massmoon*radiusmoon^2*(2PI/Time)^2
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