Optimal configurations for dual-spin satellites subject to gravitational torques

DOI10.1007/BF01241047zbMath0549.70016OpenAlexW1998751604MaRDI QIDQ3341977

Richard W. Longman, Tieshou Li

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Celestial Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01241047

zbMATH Keywords

equilibriagyrostat satellitesoptimal configurationsHessian matrix of the dynamic potential energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Astronomy and astrophysics (85A99) Orbital mechanics (70M20) Motion of the gyroscope (70E05)

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• Stable tumbling motions of a dual-spin satellite subject to gravitational torques.

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