Q: If the Sun were to shrink to the size of a neutron star, about 10 km in radius, how fast would it rotate? current period of Sun = 30 days (roughly) current radius of Sun = 696,000 km new radius of Sun = 10 km Using conservation of angular momentum, we see 2 ( size after ) period afterwards = period before * ( ----------- ) ( size before ) 2 ( 10 km ) = (30 days) * ( ---------- ) ( 696,000 km ) = (30 days) * 2.1 x 10^(-10) = 6.2 x 10^(-9) days = 0.000 54 seconds