stackyFACTSConserving angular momentum is incredibly strict. If a spinning mass suddenly compacts itself into a smaller radius, it is completely forbidden from slowing down to match. To compensate for the tighter turn, the rotational speed aggressively violently multiplies, violently accelerating the entire structure.
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