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A planet revolves around on massive star in a highly elliptical orbit is its angular momentum constant over the entire orbit. Give reason? 

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A planet revolves around the star under the effect of gravitational force since the force is radial and does not contribute towards torque. Thus in the absence of an external torque angular momentum of the planet remains constant. 

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