A possibility of levitation of a body carrying a point electrical charge in the field of a fixed point charge of the same sign is shown. Stabilization of an unstable equilibrium, when gravity is compensated by Coulomb’s force, is realized using gyroscopic forces generated due to the rotation of the body. A finite range of angular velocity corresponds to conservative stability of the levitating body. It is shown that dissipative and circulation forces introduced into consideration simultaneously can improve the stability of the system to asymptotic. Dependence of the domain of attraction of stable equilibrium on parameters of the system is studied numerically.
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