Hamiltonian and chaotic attitude dynamic
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Jinlu Kuang; A.Y.T. Leung; Soonhie Tan
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Article
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2003
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The chaotic instability of the spinning motion of a gyrostat satellite is investigated in this paper. The circularly orbiting satellite under the action of gravity-gradient torques consists of a platform and axisymmetric wheels rotating with fixed relative speeds. The Hamiltonian equations in terms