https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=172.69.35.150explain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-05-31T01:41:52ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2413:_Pulsar_Analogy&diff=204963Talk:2413: Pulsar Analogy2021-01-19T00:05:43Z<p>172.69.35.150: I'm not spinning, you are!</p>
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I tried applying the right-hand-rule with the y-axis pointing to the right. :( I hurt my hand.<br />
[[User:Avitzur|Avitzur]] ([[User talk:Avitzur|talk]]) 23:22, 18 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
:Rotate your paper then do the right hand rule :)<br />
[[Special:Contributions/172.69.35.149|172.69.35.149]] 23:38, 18 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
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The analogy doesn't seem to be inaccurate in the way currently indicated. In both cases (tape measure and pulsar), conservation of ''angular'' momentum is what produces the result. With the tape measure, a small fast-spinning thing turns into a large slow-spinning thing; the opposite happens with a pulsar. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.35.150|172.69.35.150]] 00:05, 19 January 2021 (UTC)</div>172.69.35.150