While a top or gyroscope might precess several times each second, a single precession of Earth’s axis takes nearly 26,000 years (25,772 years, to be exact).

However, if the gyroscope is tilted around an axis it will exert a force perpendicular to that axis of tilt, known as gyroscopic precession.

I also experimented with gyroscopes which use a constantly spinning mass and the resulting gyroscopic precession to exert a force and balance.

Toy gyroscopes can do all kinds of interesting tricks. The most mysterious one, precession, seems to defy gravity. By definition, precession refers to a change in the orientation of the rotational ...

De Simoni developed the software to handle sensor inputs and manage the valve blocks that control the precession of the gyro and, thus, the balance of the vehicle.

The precession ΩS of the spin axis of a test-gyroscope by the angular momentum of the central body is: ...

Torque-induced precession is the phenomenon in which the axis of a spinning object (e.g., a part of a gyroscope) “wobbles” when a torque is applied to it, which causes a distribution of force ...

While a top or gyroscope might precess several times each second, a single precession of Earth’s axis takes nearly 26,000 years.