Energy:

Path: Orbit/OrbitMechanics

% Compute the energy for any orbit

   Since version 1.
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   Form:
   E = Energy( a, mu )
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   Inputs
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   a                    Semi-major axis (is inf for a parabola and negative
                        for a hyperbola)
   mu                   Gravitational parameter

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   Outputs
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   E                    Energy

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   References: Wiesel, W. E., Spaceflight Dynamics, McGraw-Hill, 1988, pp. 53.
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Children:

Common: CommonData/SwooshWatermark
Common: General/CellToMat
Common: General/MatToCell
Common: General/Watermark
Common: Graphics/NewFig
Common: Graphics/Plot2D
Common: Graphics/PltStyle

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