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Related to issue #180 and #193. Satellites can have a residual magnetic dipole resulting in attitude disturbances depending on their orientation to to the Earth magnetic field. Need to addd external torques from the Earth magnetic field to a magnetically charged actor.
Desired Behavior / Functionality
User defines actor's magnetic charge modelled as a dipole. Attitude model compares the actor dipole orientation with the magnetic field vector of the Earth and provides angular acceleration.
What Needs to Be Done
- Model the Earth magnetic dipole at correct offset from the Earth rotational axis at the correct date & time.
- Find the relative directions of the Earth field and actor dipole vectors
- Calculate the resulting torque
- Test the resulting angular acceleration and rotation of the actor
How Can It Be Tested
Put the actor in a symmetrical state (w.r.t. Earth field lines) and check if it follows the magnetic field lines.
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