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Conservation of Angular Momentum once something starts spinning, it will continue unless acted on by an external influence angular momentum: tendency to keep spinning angular momentum depends on the mass and on how that mass is spread out Any time a body contracts (gets smaller), it spins faster in order to conserve angular momentum. Intro to Solar System Origins of the Solar System 25