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Publication Date: 2022-Jan
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Curious Behaviour of Spinning Coffee Cups and Other Spinning Objects
Physics Education, v57 n1 Article 015022 Jan 2022
If an empty coffee cup is spun on a horizontal surface about a vertical axis in an anti-clockwise direction, then the whole cup rotates slowly backwards, in a clockwise direction, about a vertical axis located outside the cup. Clues to this curious behaviour are presented by comparing it with other spinning objects.
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