The present demonstration of a method for obtaining vector-dyadic expressions of the gravitational moment about a body's center-of-mass proceeds through the derivation of an expression for the gravitational moment exerted by an oblate spheroid. The contribution of the earth's oblateness to the gravitational moment exerted on a body has been numerically evaluated for a greatly simplified illustrative case; this contribution is noted to be significant by comparison with such other external moments as those exerted by aerodynamic forces.


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    Title :

    Gravitational moment exerted on a small body by an oblate body


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    Publication date :

    1989-06-01



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    Miscellaneous


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    No indication


    Language :

    English


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