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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Despin Asteroid - Functional Decomposition, Despin an Asteroid is accomplished by Deployable Tether, Rigid-Body Dynamics characterized by Rotation, Despin an Asteroid characterized by Rigid-Body Dynamics, Axes of Rotation requires knowledge of moment of inertia matrix, Deployable Tether requires knowledge of - centrifugal force - conservation of angular momentum, Rotation characterized by Axes of Rotation, Angular Velocity described by - rotational vectors - right hand rule - angular rate, Rigid-Body Dynamics characterized by Shape, Shape determine moment of inertia matrix, Rotation visualized by Poinsot Theory (ellipse), Axes of Rotation observed by - rotating reference frame - reference/body frame - rotation matrix, Despin an Asteroid characterized by Asteroid Composition, Rigid-Body Dynamics characterized by Mass, Mass determine moment of inertia matrix, Rotation characterized by Angular Velocity, Poinsot Theory (ellipse) requires knowledge of moment of inertia matrix, Asteroid Composition determines Mass, Axes of Rotation described by - rotational vectors - right hand rule - angular rate