1 Tranurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is the most commonly used surgical treatment for BPH. 2  A small instrument is inserted through your urethra into the prostate. 3  The prostate is then removed piece by piece. 4  This procedure usually requires a hospital stay.
Main article: Axial precession. Axial precession is the movement of the rotational axis of an astronomical body, whereby the axis slowly traces out a cone. In the case of Earth, this type of precession is also known as the precession of the equinoxes, lunisolar precession, or precession of the equator.
However, if the axis of rotation precesses, the mercury sloshes back and forth in the tube. Its friction then consumes energy, and since the source of the sloshing is the precession of the spin axis, that precession (very gradually) loses energy and dies down. [In the section on the calendar, we saw that the Earth's rotation is slowed down very gradually by the tides, raised by the gravity of the Moon.