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- Add new example on gravity-gradient stabilisation
(`#159 <https://github.com/bluescarni/heyoka.py/pull/159>`__).
- Add support for Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics
(`#156 <https://github.com/bluescarni/heyoka.py/pull/156>`__).
- It is now possible to pass a list of step callbacks to the
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"model of [gravity-gradient stabilization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity-gradient_stabilization) for a spacecraft orbiting\n",
"the Earth. The setup is inspired by [this paper](https://secwww.jhuapl.edu/techdigest/Content/techdigest/pdf/APL-V03-N05/APL-03-05-Fischell.pdf).\n",
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"Gravity-gradient stabilization is a technique to passively stabilize the attitude of a satellite exploiting the Earth's gravity gradient.\n",
"Gravity-gradient stabilization is a technique to passively stabilize the attitude of a satellite by exploiting the Earth's gravity gradient.\n",
"Consider a simple dumbbell-shaped satellite orbiting the Earth on a circular Keplerian orbit:\n",
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"<img src=\"ggrad1.svg\" width=\"600\">\n",
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"[Theoretical considerations](https://secwww.jhuapl.edu/techdigest/Content/techdigest/pdf/APL-V03-N05/APL-03-05-Fischell.pdf) indicate that, in this setup, the dumbbell is expected to oscillate along the vertical direction with an amplitude of circa $36^\\degree$. Let us check by computing the difference between $\\theta$ and the angular coordinate $\\phi=\\arctan\\left( \\frac{y_1}{x_1} \\right)$:"
"[Theoretical considerations](https://secwww.jhuapl.edu/techdigest/Content/techdigest/pdf/APL-V03-N05/APL-03-05-Fischell.pdf) indicate that, in this setup, the dumbbell is expected to oscillate along the vertical direction with an amplitude of circa $36^\\circ$. Let us check by computing the difference between $\\theta$ and the angular coordinate $\\phi=\\arctan\\left( \\frac{y_1}{x_1} \\right)$:"
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