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% Converts tangential accelerations into radial using the true anomaly.
Since version 1.
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Form:
aR = CT2R( a, e, f, at, mu )
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Inputs
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a Semi-major axis or perigee radius if e = 1
e Eccentricity
f True anomaly
at Tangential vector
mu Gravitational parameter
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Outputs
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aR Radial vector or transformation matrix
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References: Battin, R.H., An Introduction to the Methods and Mathematics
of Astrodynamics, AIAA, New York, 1987, pp. 489.
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