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'''Free nutation''' is a kind of change of motion that is not caused by forces external to the body.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lowrie|first=William|title=Fundamentals of geophysics|year=2000|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=978-0521467285|edition=[2nd] repr.}}</ref>
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'''Free nutation''' is a kind of [[motion]] that can occur for a [[Rotation|spinning]] object that is not a [[sphere]].


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Chandler wobble]]
* [[Chandler wobble]]

== References ==
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Free nutation is a kind of change of motion that is not caused by forces external to the body.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Lowrie, William (2000). Fundamentals of geophysics ([2nd] repr. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521467285.