POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : I miss this : Re: I miss this Server Time
12 Oct 2024 01:13:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: I miss this  
From: Paul Fuller
Date: 28 Oct 2007 21:22:29
Message: <472543e5@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> Paul Fuller <pgf### [at] optusnetcomau> wrote:
>> If on the other hand thrusters are used to halt the rotation then the 
>> expelled particles carry away the angular momentum.
> 
>   A theoretical question: Can mass be converted to other forms of energy?
> (I think GR said something about this?)
Yes.
> 
>   Assuming yes, how does this conversion affect angular momentum?
> 
Simple - a photon carries angular momentum.


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