Simulation of the full two rigid body problem using polyhedral mutual potential and potential derivatives approach

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 317-339

  Fahnestock, Eugene G ^a   Scheeres, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic simulation; Full two rigid bodies problem; Mutual potential; Polyhedron potential; Relative equations of motion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751573884     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: 15729478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10569-006-9045-6     Document Type: Article

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