The rotational motion of an earth orbiting gyroscope according to the Einstein theory of general relativity

DOI10.1007/BF01236606zbMath0408.70006OpenAlexW2058447769MaRDI QIDQ4195997

Felix Roach Hoots, Jr., Philip M. Fitzpatrick

Publication date: 1979

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01236606

zbMATH Keywords

Method of AveragingArtificial Earth SatelliteMotion of the GyroscopePoison Differential SystemTransformation of Variables

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Orbital mechanics (70M20) Motion of the gyroscope (70E05)

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Cites Work

• MOTION OF A GYROSCOPE ACCORDING TO EINSTEIN'S THEORY OF GRAVITATION
• Poisson equations of rotational motion for a rigid triaxial body with application to a tumbling artificial satellite
• Spinning test-particles in general relativity. I

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