 Coplanarity in a torque-free axisymmetric rigid body (source code)

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= Coplanarity in a torque-free axisymmetric rigid body

For principal moments $I_1=I_2=I$ and symmetry-axis unit vector $e_3$, angular momentum and angular velocity obey
$$
L=I\omega+(I_3-I)\omega_3e_3.
$$
Thus $L$, $\omega$, and the symmetry axis are coplanar at every instant.

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