Question: Consider the family of orbits in a central potential for which the total energy is a constant. Show that if a stable circular orbit exists,

Consider the family of orbits in a central potential for which the total energy is a constant. Show that if a stable circular orbit exists, the angular momentum associated with this orbit is larger than that for any other orbit of the family.

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