OrbitalPlane:

Path: Orbit/OrbitCoord

% Display the orbital plane with the Earth. 

   The Earth is shown at the time when the ascending node is crossed
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   Form:
   OrbitalPlane( rA, inc, jD, color, figH )
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   Inputs
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   rA             (1,1)  Right ascension (rad)
   inc            (1,1)  Inclination (rad)
   jD             (1,1)  Julian date UT (day)
   color           (:)   Color of orbital plane (optional)
   figH           (1,1)  Figure handle (optional)

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   Outputs
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   none

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Children:

Common: Graphics/Circle
Common: Transform/RotMat
Math: Linear/Unit
Orbit: OrbitCoord/OrbNEl
Orbit: OrbitData/earthmap
SC: Ephem/GMSTime

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