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Thanks, I see. So it would be safe to say that you get the same change in angular momentum measured anywhere along the axis of the gyroscope? Also, hypothetically, in a gravity-free environment, if someone were to push a spinning gyroscope at the pivot (acting like the normal force), would it...

I was reading on gyroscopes, and everything seemed to make sense: the spin angular momentum along the axis of the gyroscope changes due to the torque by gravity, causing precession. However, I can't understand why we are measuring angular momentum (the spin of the gyroscope) from the center of...