principal moments of inertia

alervicaroca Moment of inertia (SI unit kilogram metre squared kg m²) quantifies the rotational inertia of an object, i.e. its inertia with respect to rotational motion, in a manner somewhat analogous to how mass quantifies the inertia of an object with respect to translational motion.

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