Poinsot construction

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Poinsot construction by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
For torque-free rigid-body motion, the kinetic-energy ellipsoid fixed in the body rolls without slipping on the invariable plane perpendicular to the conserved angular momentum. Its point of contact is the angular-velocity vector.

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