What exactly does it mean for an object to have “intrinsic” angular momentum? How can angular momentum be intrinsic instead of dependent on the frame of reference?

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What exactly does it mean for an object to have “intrinsic” angular momentum? How can angular momentum be intrinsic instead of dependent on the frame of reference?

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Is not for objects, is for elementary particles.
And Intrisinc means that the property is a “thing” of the particle, and not something external. The spin(the intrinsic component of angular moment of a particle) of a particle is always the same no matter the frame of reference, what may change is the measure of the orbital angular momentum.

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