Subject: Why does a spinning school class ring flip over?

Date: Thu Jan 8 20:45:12 1998
Posted by Dwight Needels
Grade level: nonaligned
School: No school entered.
City: Meriden State/Province: CT
Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 884313912.Ph
Message:

I remember being shown that when you spin a class ring like a top, 
after a few seconds it flips over with the stone side up. Why does 
this happen?



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