What is the ratio of the orbital angular momentum of the Earth compared to its spin angular momentum? Note that the Earth has a radius of 6 × 106 m,and 1 AU is 1.5 × 1011 m.
A) 1
B) 70
C) 640
D) 25,000
E) 4.3 × 106
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