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Dynamics is the study of the relationship between motion and the forces affecting motion. The study of the dynamics of objects in interplanetary or interstellar space is called astrodynamics and has two major divisions: celestial mechanics and attitude dynamics. Celestial mechanics or orbit dynamics, discussed briefly in Chapter 3, is concerned with the motion of the center of mass of objects in space, whereas attitude dynamics is concerned with the motion about the center of mass. In Part IV, we deal exclusively with this latter category.
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Wertz, J.R. (1978). Introduction to Attitude Dynamics and Control. In: Wertz, J.R. (eds) Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 73. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9907-7_15
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