Efficiency of Hysteresis Rods in Small Spacecraft Attitude Stabilization

Figure 4

Constant magnetic scalar potential lines (solid lines) of the field generated by the permanent magnet along the plane of a hysteresis rod placed in the farthest position from the permanent magnet and oriented along the 𝑥 direction ((Figure 3)-Case C). The direction of the arrows indicates the direction of the magnetic field of the permanent magnet over the plane of the rod, and their relative length indicates the relative magnitude of the magnetic field.