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Physics

How does pulling in their arms make figure skaters spin faster?

Quick fact

This is conservation of angular momentum: pulling mass closer to the spin axis reduces rotational inertia, so the spin speed must increase to keep total momentum constant.

Why this is interesting

A spinning skater can go from one rotation per second to over five rotations per second just by hugging their arms to their chest—with no external push.