Definition:Orbital Angular Momentum

Physical Property

Let $B_1$ be an body in orbit around another body $B_2$.

The orbital angular momentum of $B_1$ with respect to $B_2$ is the angular momentum of $B_1$ with respect to the center of mass of $B_2$.

Also see

• Definition:Intrinsic Angular Momentum

• Results about orbital angular momentum can be found here.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): angular momentum (moment of momentum)
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): angular momentum (moment of momentum)