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.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Rotations, Transformations, Left Quaternions, Right Quaternions?


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2019-04-02


    Size :

    21 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English






    Averaging Quaternions

    F. Markley / Yang Cheng / John Crassidis et al. | AIAA | 2007


    Appendix C. Quaternions

    Chatfield, Averil B. | AIAA | 1997


    Geometric Integration of Quaternions

    Andrle, Michael / Crassidis, John | AIAA | 2012