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Inertia tensor of a uniform cube (IG​=6Ms2​1)

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For a uniform cube of side s and mass M, reflection symmetry makes central off-diagonal inertia components zero. Equal coordinate second moments are ⟨x2⟩=⟨y2⟩=⟨z2⟩=s2/12, so each diagonal component is Ms2/6. Thus every central axis is a principal axis. A nonspherical shape can have an isotropic central inertia tensor: that tensor measures only quadratic moments of the mass distribution, not the whole shape.

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