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.
Feature
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
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.