Physics of Rotation

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Aug 1970

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Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 8, Issue 2, pp.208-221

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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The motion of a rigid body about a fixed point, under the influence of an attractive force, is investigated from a physical basis. The errors in Euler's equations were shown, and appropriate equations were derived. It was also found that by nutation in the direction of decreasing θ only and oscillatory precession any two bodies, assumed as oblate spheroids, move in the direction of a zero external moment, as their stable equilibrium position. This position corresponding to the minimum kinetic energy of rotation is also reached by any two bodies which were initially acted upon by an external torque.

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