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% Computes the moon orbital elements with respect to the earth inertial frame. These elements are only valid for short term use. Use PlanetPosJPL for more accurate positions and velocities. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form: el = MoonEl( jD ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Inputs ------ jD (1,1) Julian Date ------- Outputs ------- el (1,6) Keplerian elements [a,i,L,w,e,M] (km,rad) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference: Montenbruck, O., T. Fleger, "Astronomy on the Personal Computer", Springer-Verlag, p 155. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_elem --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common: Time/JD2T Math: Trigonometry/CosD
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