He observed solar system objects, and after observing Mars he named the "seas" and "continents", including the canali, famously mistranslated as "canals".
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... fall over, but start precessing around. (The precessing motion is perpendicular to the torque trying to make the gyro fall over.)
The axis of the gyroscope in th ...