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Principal Axes of Inertia
See how the eigenvectors of the inertia tensor change as you change a configuration of point masses, or the shape of a solid plate of material.
Contributed by:
Stephen Wolfram
and
Oleksandr Pavlyk
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Principal Axes of Inertia
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Contributed by:
Stephen Wolfram
and
Oleksandr Pavlyk
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