The physics of a spinning dreidel is quite a bit different in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station, as demonstrated by astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli. 🧪
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I’m quite sure this is the NW coast of Australia, with Karratha, New Hedland, Eighty Mile Beach, & Broome (maybe Derby, too). North: upper right. Parts of Indonesia are under some of the clouds.
Did it ever fall down? 🎵
No, it never fell down.
It's the dreidel of great renown.
It may spin forever
O'er the streets of Boston.
It's the dreidel that never fell down. 🎶
There is an orange pin on the interactive map https://isspix.com/ISS072 (map of photos related to the current mission to the ||+||) for your post. Located just east of #Darwin, #Australia (in the background of the video). CC @educatoradele.bsky.social.
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2/2 … as the original video was part of mission 70, there is a corresponding pin on map https://isspix.com/ISS070, too. Also, on *that* pin, there is a hint-link to astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli’s tweet with video, tweeted during her mission)
Hah, same! I forgot why this happens, so I looked it up again and I think the dreidel doesn't flip because it's being spun about its first principal axis, which is stable. It's rotation about the second principal axis that exhibits the flip.
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I’m quite sure this is the NW coast of Australia, with Karratha, New Hedland, Eighty Mile Beach, & Broome (maybe Derby, too). North: upper right. Parts of Indonesia are under some of the clouds.
On Monday, I’ll add the post to this map: https://isspix.com/ISS072 and re-reply to you
No, it never fell down.
It's the dreidel of great renown.
It may spin forever
O'er the streets of Boston.
It's the dreidel that never fell down. 🎶
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https://youtu.be/1n-HMSCDYtM?si=glcdbsJUeQms9qOm
I launched you into space…