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% Compute the solar force on a set of elemental areas.
Since version 1.
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Form:
f = SolarF( p, rho, normal, source, area )
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Inputs
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p (1,1) Solar pressure (flux/speed of light)
rho (3,n) Coefficient fraction, may also be (3,1)
[absorbed;specular;diffuse]
normal (3,n) Surface normal vector
source (3,1) Unit vector to source
area (n) Elemental area
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Outputs
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f (3,n) Solar force
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Reference: Hughes, P. C., "Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics"
John Wiley and Sons, 1986, pp. 260-263.
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