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When planets such as the earth and neptune are struck by other bodies, knocking them out of upright rotation , is or could gyroscopic procession responsible for keeping the planet on the same orbital plane as to the orbital plane of the planetary formation disc of the sun?

I am trying to come up with a reason why planets are not sent off at a different orbit when impacted.

Gyroscopic procession is when the movement is at 90 degrees to the force, a strange event.

http://www.copters.com/aero/gyro.html

https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=38558.0

The earth is not rotating ar rpm or rph so it  seems slow, but it has alot more mass. Would gyroscopic procession be valid for a side swipe as much as bottom or top impact ?