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🌀 Visual Gyroscope Precession Demonstration - 2D Heavy Top Dynamics

2D companion of the gyroscope precession demonstration: a heavy symmetric top integrated with the full Lagrange equations, showing the precession cone, nutation and tilt and rate graphs against the Mgr/(I3 w3) estimate.

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Visual Gyroscope Precession Demonstration - 2D Heavy Top Dynamics ↗ Open standalone
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2D companion of the gyroscope precession demonstration: a heavy symmetric top integrated with the full Lagrange equations, showing the precession cone, nutation and tilt and rate graphs against the Mgr/(I3 w3) estimate.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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