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Coplanarity in a torque-free axisymmetric rigid body

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For principal moments I1​=I2​=I and symmetry-axis unit vector e3​, angular momentum and angular velocity obey
L=Iω+(I3​−I)ω3​e3​.
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Thus L, ω, and the symmetry axis are coplanar at every instant.

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