calcE: Calculate the Eccentricity anomaly

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Calculate the Eccentricity anomaly

Description

Calculate the Eccentricity anomaly E from the mean anomaly M, iteratively inversion of Keplers formula: E-e*sin(E)=M based on Grossman, N.: Orbits under the Inverse Square Law, in The Sheer Joy of Celestial Mechanics, edited by N. Grossman, pp. 41–61, Birkhäuser Boston, Boston, MA., 1996.

Usage

calcE(M, e, tol = 1e-08)

Arguments

M

mean anomaly

tol

tolerance

Value

Eccentricity anomaly E

Author(s)

Thomas Laepple


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