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% Generate a Lambert transfer between two planets.
Uses the almanac for the planet positions, see Planets. Computes the
transfers using LambertTOF.
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Form:
[dV, dVA, dVB, elT, tM] = PlanetTransferLambert( jD, dT, planet1, planet2 )
[dV, dVA, dVB, elT, tM] = PlanetTransferLambert( jD, dT, planet1, el2 )
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Inputs
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jD (1,1) Start Julian date
dT (1,1) Transfer time (s)
planet1 (1,:) Name of starting planet, or orbital elements at jD
or el1 (1,6)
planet2 (1,:) Name of ending planet, or orbital elements at jD
or el2 (1,6)
doPlot (1,1) Flag to create plot
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Outputs
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dV (1,1) Total delta-V
dVA (1,1) First delta-V
dVB (1,1) Second delta-V
elT (1,6) Transfer elements [a i W w e M]
tM (1,1) Transfer type, 'direct' (1) or 'retrograde' (-1)
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Orbit: OrbitMechanics/LambertTOF Orbit: OrbitMechanics/RVOrbGen SC: BasicOrbit/El2RV SC: BasicOrbit/RV2El SC: BasicOrbit/RVFromKepler SC: Ephem/Planets SC: Ephem/SolarSystemElements Common: Graphics/Plot3D Common: Time/Date2JD Math: Linear/Cross Math: Linear/Dot Math: Linear/Mag
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