According to the law of conservation of angular momentum,
…(¾±)
According to the definition of the moment of inertia,
Equation (i) becomes
…(¾±¾±)
For the elliptical orbit,
Equation (ii) becomes
…(¾±¾±¾±)
According to Kepler’s period law, the square of the period of any planet is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.
Equation (iii) becomes
Therefore, the angular speed of a satellite at perihelion is .