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Re: Straight Roundness (was Re: Does God have a name for God?)
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 30 Mar 2001 15:15:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Robert Bevens writes:
> > A gyroscope undergoes
> > precession, in that its axis of rotation "wobbles," but the rotation itself,
> > relative to that axis, is pretty fixed, I think.
> But when it wobbles would the axis change? I guess the easiest way to
> test the theory would be to draw a bright red line along the equator
> of a globe and give the ol girl a good spin and then see if the line
> stays the same or blurs whilst it's spining.
Hmm. I guess it depends on how rigid the spinning object is, and what
you're using as a standard of comparison. If there's no actual axis, but a
"net" axis, the rotation might change. Intesting.
Dave!
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