HelioFromPlanetInit:

Path: Interplanetary/InterplanetaryOrbit

% Initialize a heliocentric orbit from a planet centered orbit.
 xP is in the ECI planet centered frame.

 Type HelioFromPlanetInit for a demo of an equatorial 7000 km circular
 earth orbit.

 This only works with the planets (including Pluto). It uses the
 low-fidelity almanac functions.
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   Forms:
   xH = HelioFromPlanetInit( planet, xP, jD )
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   Inputs
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   name    (1,1)   Planet name
   xP      (6,1)   State in the planet centered ECI frame
   jD      (1,1)   Julian date      

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   Outputs
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   xH      (6,1)   State in the heliocentric frame

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Children:

SC: Ephem/CEcl2Eq
SC: Ephem/Planets
SC: Ephem/SolarSys
Common: Database/Constant
Common: Time/Date2JD
Common: Time/JD2T

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