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It is this definition, length of moment arm × linear momentum to which the term moment of momentum refers.
Note, however, that this is no longer true in , due to the existence of , which is angular momentum that cannot be described by the cumulative effect of point-like motions in space.
Six Ideas That Shaped Physics, Unit C: Conservation Laws Constrain Interactions Third ed.
So momentum depends upon the mass and the velocity of the object.
The Earth loses angular momentum which is transferred to the Moon such that the overall angular momentum is conserved.