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This paper presents the Taylor series method for integration of differential equations describing the rotational motion of a rigid satellite. We compared the presented algorithm with other methods, and we show that it gives the most accurate results with reasonable efficiency.
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Goździewski, K., Maciejewski, A.J. The Taylor series method for the problem of the rotational motion of a rigid satellite. Astrophys Space Sci 232, 167–184 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00627552
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