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% Converts conventional elements to equinoctial elements.
Since version 1.
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Form:
eq = El2Eq( el )
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Inputs
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el Elements vector [a,i,W,w,e,M]
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Outputs
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eq Elements vector [a,P1,P2,Q1,Q2,l]
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References: Battin, R.H., An Introduction to the Methods and Mathematics
of Astrodynamics, AIAA, New York, 1987, pp. 490-492.
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