Figures IV.15 and IV.16 show, for an oblate and a prolate rotator respectively, the instantaneouss rotation vector \( \boldsymbol\omega\) precessing around the body-fixed symmetry axis at a rate \( \O...Figures IV.15 and IV.16 show, for an oblate and a prolate rotator respectively, the instantaneouss rotation vector \( \boldsymbol\omega\) precessing around the body-fixed symmetry axis at a rate \( \Omega\) in the body cone of semi vertical angle \( \alpha\); the symmetry axis precessing about the space-fixed angular momentum vector \( \bf{L}\) at a rate \( \dot{\phi}\) in a cone of semi vertical angle \( \theta\) (which is less than \( \alpha\) for an oblate rotator, and greater than \( \alpha…
