The same mass near the axis has a smaller rotational ledger. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.

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Closer mass has much less inertia

With the same 2 kilogram mass at radius 1 meter, the inertia is only 2 kilogram meter squared.

I=2×12=2 kgm2I=2\times1^2=2\ \mathrm{kg\,m^2}
Moment of inertiaPoint masses at radius set inertia.r=1 mm=2 kgr=1 mI=2 kg*m^2

Radius controls how hard spin is to change

The inertia drops from 18 to 2 when the mass moves inward.

18>218>2
Moment of inertiaPoint masses at radius set inertia.r=1 mm=2 kgr=1 mI=2 kg*m^2