Abstract This paper surveys the two fundamental possible choices in representing the attitude of an aerospace vehicle: active and passive rotations. The consequences of the choice between the two are detailed for the two most common attitude parameterizations, a three-by-three orthogonal matrix and the quaternion. Successive rotations are also reviewed in this context as well as the attitude kinematic equations.
Rotations, Transformations, Left Quaternions, Right Quaternions?
2019
Article (Journal)
English
Rotations, Transformations, Left Quaternions, Right Quaternions?
Springer Verlag | 2019
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