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Stability criteria fora free dual-spin satellite

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Stability criteria for a space-platform containing a spinning rotor are obtained in this paper. It is shown that the so-called energy sink condition is not necessary for stability. Necessary and sufficient criteria are established based on a simple energy method. In the interpretation of the criteria, various interesting cases are presented, such as constant and variable spin rates, distributions of energies, and motor effects.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz., USA

    Alan Ping-I Wang

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The preparation of this paper was supported by NSF Grant GP-13377.

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Wang, A.PI. Stability criteria fora free dual-spin satellite. Astrophys Space Sci 16, 413–420 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00642340

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