eli5: When probes are released into space they start to spin. What gives every object in space this momentum to rotate? Would it be possible to send something to space and release it very cautiously so it won’t get any energy from the releasing spacecraft and the object hence wouldn’t rotate?
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They have a small engine that push the object to spin. since there isnt anything in space Newton’s law doesnt apply, there is no force acting upon the probe to suspend its movement. I hope I explained it good enough.
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