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The Physics of Rotational Motion

Navigational devices like the GPS system in your phone depend on gyroscopes to analyze the rotational motion of moving objects. Your phone contains a very sensitive gyroscope that determines how it moves along three axes of rotation. Learn how your phone uses this data to figure out how and where you’re moving through space as you carry it.

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