Resonant and non-resonant gravity-gradient perturbations of a tumbling tri-axial satellite

Free Rotation of a Rigid Body Studied in the Phase Plane

André Deprit · American Journal of Physics · 1967 · 193 citations

Engineering, Mathematics, Celestial Mechanics +9

Gravity effects on the rotational motion of a uniaxial artificial satellite.

JACK W. CRESHAW, P. M. Fitzpatrick · AIAA Journal · 1968 · 27 citations

Natural Sciences, Aerospace Engineering, Physics +17

A First-Order Theory for the Rotational Motion of a Triaxial Rigid Body Orbiting an Oblate Primary

Robert L. Holland, Hans Joachim Sperling · The Astronomical Journal · 1969 · 24 citations

Natural Sciences, Astronomy, Physics +17

Nonlinear resonance affecting gravity-gradient stability.

J. V. Breakwell, Ralph W. Pringle · NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) · 1966 · 17 citations

Natural Sciences, Aerospace Engineering, Physics +17

Attitude instability regions of a spinning unsymmetrical satellite in a circular orbit.

L. Meirovitch, F. B. Wallace · The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences · 1967 · 15 citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Astrodynamics +15