FPA:

Path: Orbit/OrbitCoord

% Computes the flight path angle from eccentricity and true anomaly.
   This is the angle between the tangent to r and the velocity vector for any 
   orbit. 

   Since version 1.
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   Form:
   [gamma, cgamma, sgamma] = FPA( e, nu )
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   Inputs
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   e                      Eccentricity
   nu                     True anomaly

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   Outputs
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   gamma                  The flight path angle
   cgamma                 Cosine of gamma
   sgamma                 Sine of gamma

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Children:

Common: Graphics/Plot2D
Common: Graphics/TextS
Orbit: OrbitMechanics/NuInf

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