"Asymmetric Top Demo" h/t emceekay [1] [2]

The Earth is an asymmetric top (with elements of dynamism which are an impediment to predictive modelling). [1] [2]

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@emceeka97376771 makes it hard to dismiss ECDO hypothesis, for sure. But this brings me back to a Fermi Paradox idea. If this phenomenon happens to (almost?) all habitable planets...

@emceeka97376771 Dzhanibekov effect⁉️🐸

@emceeka97376771 No idea what any of this means but I'm glad to be here.

@emceeka97376771 Reminded me of this:

@emceeka97376771 The number of rotations to destabilization in the top doesn't seem to be reflected in the number of earth rotations without such destabilization. The rate of rotation has to be a major factor.

And the mass. The gyroscope provides a model for observing destabilization sequences, which may be mathematically described if the inputs are all known. An ideal model would factor the Earth's mass distribution, combined with the observed nutation, and all of the dynamic inputs (eg. magma, land, ice, water, Sun, Moon, planets) to arrive at a solution that could predict this motion into the future. To my knowledge, this may be beyond possibility, as we may never know or measure some of the influences. What we have at the moment is a fragmented view of some of these elements.

@emceeka97376771 if you spin a quarter on the table you can see the same type of effect. The quarter will spin at a certain speed then slow, then speed, then slow..... untill it stops spinning.

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