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% Computes the orbit normal from equinoctial elements. Since version 1. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form: n = OrbNEq( eq ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Inputs ------ eq Elements vector [a,P1,P2,Q1,Q2,l] ------- Outputs ------- n (3,1) Orbit Normal -------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: Battin, R.H., An Introduction to the Methods and Mathematics of Astrodynamics, AIAA, New York, 1987, p. 494. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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