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% Converts tangential accelerations into radial using the true anomaly. Since version 1. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form: aR = CT2R( a, e, f, at, mu ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Inputs ------ a Semi-major axis or perigee radius if e = 1 e Eccentricity f True anomaly at Tangential vector mu Gravitational parameter ------- Outputs ------- aR Radial vector or transformation matrix -------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: Battin, R.H., An Introduction to the Methods and Mathematics of Astrodynamics, AIAA, New York, 1987, pp. 489. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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