One of the biggest unresolved problems in the theory of theformation of the sola

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One of the biggest unresolved problems in the theory of theformation of the solar system is that, while the mass of the sun is99.9 percent of the total mass of the solar system, it carries onlyabout 2 percent of the total angular momentum. The mostwidely accepted theory of solar system formation has as its centralhypothesis the collapse of a cloud of dust and gas under the forceof gravity, with most of the mass forming the sun. However, becauseteh net angular momentum of this cloud is conserved, a simpletheory would indicate that the sun should be rotating much morerapidly than it currently is. In this problem, you will show why itis important that most of the angular momentum was somehowtransferred to the planets. (a) The sun is a cloud of gas heldtogether by the force of gravity. If the sun were rotatingtoo rapidly, gravity couldn't hold it together. Using theknown mass of the sun(1.99 x 10^30 kg) and its radius(6.96 x10^8m), estimate the maximum angular velocity that the sun can havei(

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