TargetFromRPVD:

Path: AerospaceUtils/Coord

% Finds a target on a planet.

 Given the current spacecraft location, r, the planet radius, rP, the
 velocity vector, v and the downrange distance (distance along an arc on
 surface) it computes the target point on the surface.

 Type TargetFromRPVD for a demo.
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   Form:
   [rT,q] = TargetFromRPVD( r, rP, v, d )
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   Inputs
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   r     (3,1)   Spacecraft location
   rP    (1,1)   Radius of planet
   v     (3,1)   Velocity vector
   d     (1,1)   Down range distance

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   Outputs
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   rT    (3,1)   Target point
   q     (4,1)   Quaternion to the target plane coordinate system
   
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Children:

Common: Quaternion/AU2Q
Common: Quaternion/Mat2Q
Common: Quaternion/QForm
Math: Linear/Cross
Math: Linear/Mag
Math: Linear/Unit

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