Chaos in Tethered Tug–Debris System Induced by Attitude Oscillations of Debris

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The manuscript presents original work not submitted elsewhere. Compared to prior work, the novelty of this work is that it considers the influence of the attitude motion of the debris to the motion of the tethered tug-debris system with a low thrust tug. Prior works have investigated chaos in the tug-debris system, but the tug and debris are considered as point masses. In our work the debris is considered as a rigid body so its motion relative to the tether can induce chaotic motion of the tether.

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