Conservation of angular momentum slows a cloud's collapse
A) equally in all directions.
B) only when the cloud is not rotating initially.
C) mostly along directions perpendicular to the cloud's axis of rotation.
D) mostly at the poles that lie along the cloud's axis of rotation.
E) to a complete stop.
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