 Magnetic-dipole spin-down (source code)

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= Magnetic-dipole spin-down

If a rigid body's inclined magnetic dipole rotates at angular speed $\Omega$, its radiated power is $C\Omega^4$. Conservation of rotational energy $I\Omega^2/2$ then gives
$$
\dot\Omega=-\frac CI\Omega^3,
\qquad
\Omega(t)^{-2}=\Omega_0^{-2}+\frac{2C}{I}t.
$$

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