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ID: past-exam-of-the-short-options-paper-shared-by-prelims-and-parts-a-and-b-of-the-physics-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2016/s29/3/c/solution

A point mass at the rotation center has zero perpendicular distance to the axis, so . More generally, moving a fixed mass inward lowers its moment even if its total gravitational monopole and outer radius remain fixed.

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