Question: I have to do this question for my final, a clear format to remember what to do would be greatly appreciated! Planets form out of

I have to do this question for my final, a clear format to remember what to do would be greatly appreciated!
Planets form out of so-called circumstellar disks surrounding a protostar. Over time,
the material within a particular region of space around the star will come together under its own
gravity to form a planet. The planet Jupiter formed out of a region of the circumstellar disk from R1=
4.0 AU to R2=8.0 AU containing all of Jupiters present mass. Today, Jupiter has a mass of
1.901027 kg and a radius of 70,000 km and orbits the Sun at a distance of 5.2 AU. Assume the
circumstellar disk and Jupiter all orbit the Sun at the same rate (one orbit every 11 years).
A.[6 pts] What was the initial angular momentum of the region of the circumstellar disk that
became Jupiter?
B.[5 pts] How much angular momentum does Jupiter have now as a result of just its orbit around
the Sun?
C.[7 pts] If Jupiter lost no angular momentum between when the gas was part of the disk and when
it became a planet, what should Jupiters rotational angular velocity (spinning on its axis) be today?

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