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🌀 Spinning Top Precession, Nutation and Effective Potential (2D)

2D spinning top lab: precession, nutation, effective potential and the sleeping-top threshold from the heavy-top Euler equations.

Physics & Mechanics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

⚙ Under the hood

2D spinning top lab: precession, nutation, effective potential and the sleeping-top threshold from the heavy-top equations, with live graphs and three in-page numerical checks.

Spinning TopPrecessionNutationGyroscopeAngular MomentumEuler Angles

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