Figures IV.15 and IV.16 show, for an oblate and a prolate rotator respectively, the instantaneouss rotation vector ω 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 ω precessing around the body-fixed symmetry axis at a rate Ω in the body cone of semi vertical angle α; the symmetry axis precessing about the space-fixed angular momentum vector L at a rate ˙ϕ in a cone of semi vertical angle θ (which is less than α for an oblate rotator, and greater than \( \alpha…
