Stereographic orientation parameters for attitude dynamics: A generalization of the Rodrigues parameters

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-19

  Schaub, Hanspeter ^a   Junkins, John L ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CONTROL THEORY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROTATION;

ATTITUDE DYNAMICS; CONTROL LAW; DIRECT COSINE MATRIX PARAMETERIZATION; EULER PARAMETERS; KINEMATIC EQUATION; POLYNOMIAL NONLINEARITY; RODRIGUES PARAMETERS; SPINNING BODIES; STEREOGRAPHIC ORIENTATION PARAMETERS;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0029704819     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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