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In the present paper, the regular precessions about the mass center are studied, for a ‘Volterra-type’ gyrostatic satellite in a circular orbit under a Newtonian force field. All the possible regular precessions are determined.
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Balli, R., Pucci, E. Regular precessions of a gyrostatic satellite in a circular orbit. Celestial Mechanics 17, 317–324 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01228954
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01228954