The Dzhanibekov Effect, also known as the “tennis racket theorem”, is a fascinating phenomenon in rotational dynamics that was first observed in detail by Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov in 1985 while aboard the Soviet space station Salyut 7. The effect describes a curious behavior seen when an asymmetrical object with three distinct moments of inertia is spun around its intermediate axis in a microgravity environment. In some cases it may also be observed in a gravitational field however

The tennis racket theorem or intermediate axis theorem is a result in classical mechanics describing the movement of a rigid body with three distinct principal moments of inertia. It is also dubbed the Dzhanibekov effect, after Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov who discovered the theorem's consequences while in space in 1985. #Space #InternationSpaceStation #Dzhanibekov | Now Science News

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