eli5 what is the meaning of the cross product of angular velocity and angular momentum…

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This term shows up in euler’s equations of rigid body dynamics… what is the meaning of this term… why are angular momentum and velocity not collinear

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https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/487842/angular-momentum-and-angular-velocity

For single point mass they are colinear. However, in general it depends on the shape (or rather mass distribution) of the object.

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