Monday 17 June 2019

angular momentum - What causes precession or nutation in a spinning object?




  1. What causes precession in a spinning object?





  2. What causes nutation in a spinning object?




  3. What causes a top, gyroscope, and the earth to wobble?




Just because it's a simple question, I'm not expecting a simple answer, but please do summarize whatever you say in laymen terms, thanks.




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