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The quantum asymmetric top has different rotational-energy coefficients on its principal axes. Its Hamiltonian commutes with $L^2$ but generally not with an individual component, so diagonalization proceeds within fixed total-angular-momentum multiplets. For a mechanical rigid rotor the positive coefficients are reciprocals of twice its principal moments of inertia. The component sign convention for body-fixed generators does not affect this squared-component energy expression.