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Comment on ‘Poisson Equations of Rotational Motion for a Rigid Triaxial Body with Application to a Tumbling Artificial Satellite’ by Liu and Fitzpatrick

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Liu and Fitzpatrick (1975) discussed the secular and long-periodic behavior of a dynamical system by using improper time-averaged equations. The correct time-averaged equations are given in this note.

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  1. Hiroshi Kinoshita

    Present address: Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

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  1. Center for Astrophysics, Harvard College Observatory and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 02138, Cambridge, Mass, USA

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Kinoshita, H. Comment on ‘Poisson Equations of Rotational Motion for a Rigid Triaxial Body with Application to a Tumbling Artificial Satellite’ by Liu and Fitzpatrick. Celestial Mechanics 21, 253–257 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01230223

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