EFToLatLonAlt:

Path: AerospaceUtils/Coord

% Convert an earth fixed position vector to [latitude;longitude;altitude]
 Altitude is the distance above the subsatellite point. Assumes an
 ellipsoidal planet.
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   Form:
   x =  EFToLatLonAlt( r, f, a, tol )
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   Inputs
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   r         (3,:)   Vectors
   f         (1,1)   Flattening factor*
   a         (1,1)   Equatorial radius*
   tol       (1,1)   Tolerance*
                        * optional

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   Outputs
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   x         (3,:)   [lat (rad); lon (rad); altitude]

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   Reference: Vallado, D. A. (1999) Fundamentals of Astrodynamics and 
              Applications. pp. 204-205.
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Children:

AerospaceUtils: Coord/ECIToEF
Common: Time/DTSToDTA
Common: Time/Date2JD
Common: Time/JD2T
Common: Time/T2JD
Math: Linear/Mag
Math: Linear/Unit

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