 Poinsot's ellipsoid (source code)

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= Poinsot's ellipsoid
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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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