On the attitude of a spacecraft near a Lagrangian point.
Abstract
The rotation of a rigid body which is moving near L4 is considered. Based upon Euler angles, an extended set of quaternions and its conjugate moments is employed, and the canonical equations of the motion are established. Finally, a numerical example is given.
- Publication:
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Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of Czechoslovakia
- Pub Date:
- September 1989
- Bibcode:
- 1989BAICz..40..302A
- Keywords:
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- Attitude (Inclination);
- Attitude Control;
- Lagrangian Equilibrium Points;
- Rotating Bodies;
- Three Body Problem;
- Canonical Forms;
- Equations Of Motion;
- Hamiltonian Functions;
- Quaternions;
- Astrodynamics;
- Three-Body Problem: Restricted;
- Three-Body Problem: Libration Points