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Long-term instability of the minimum inertia axis
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Dual-Spin Spacecraft - Instability of Intermediate and Minimum Principal Axes for Free Rigid Bodies
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- 1 Introduction | general rigid bodies, all principal axes different
- 2 Intermediate axis instability (Tennis Racket Theorem)
- 3 Phone toss, book toss to demonstrate
- 4 Long-term instability of the minimum inertia axis
- 5 Historical space missions, learning lessons from failure
- 6 Dual-spin spacecraft stabilization
