Rigid Body Dynamics of a
Spinning Truncated Cone
Immersed in a Pressure Field

Marc A. Murison

Astronomical Applications Department
U.S. Naval Observatory
Washington, DC

murison@riemann.usno.navy.mil
http://www.alpheratz.net/murison/

17 March, 1998

Euler Equations of Motion for a Rigid Body

Eulerian Angle Transformation

Rigid Body Equations — General Case

Rigid Body Equations — Symmetric Top

A Spinning Truncated Cone Embedded in a Pressure Field

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