IntersectPlanet:

Path: AerospaceUtils/Coord

% Altitude of the nearest point to a sphere.

 Type IntersectPlanet for a demo.
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   Form:
   h = IntersectPlanet( r1, r2, a )
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   Inputs
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   r1             (3,n)  Position vector 1
   r2             (3,m)  Position vector 2
   a              (1,1)  Radius of the planet

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   Outputs
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   h              (n,m)  Minimum altitude of vector

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Children:

Common: General/DeBlankLT
Common: Graphics/NewFig
Common: Graphics/PltStyle
Common: Graphics/XLabelS
Common: Graphics/YLabelS
Common: Graphics/ZLabelS

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