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89.WHY DOES A TOP SPIN?

If you put a pencil on a table and give it a twist, it will spin around several times. So will a ball, or in fact, any object that you can make turn. So what makes a top spin, is the force, or energy, you apply to it.

But what keeps a top spinning? And why does it keep spinning in a certain position!