[ODE] OT: Tumbling

Russ Smith russ at q12.org
Sun May 2 10:50:30 MST 2004


> When there's no net torque on an object, its angular momentum is 
> conserved.  The axis it rotates about is constant.  But is it constant
> in body coordinates, or world coordinates?

oh, and in the case that the rotation axis *is* constant, it's constant
in both world-relative and body-relative coordinates.

russ.

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