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% Computes the atmospheric density for Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Pluto.
rho is zero for all other planets. Uses AtmDens2 for the Earth,
AtmDensMars2 for Mars and AtmDens1 for the other planets. This function has
a built-in demo.
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Form:
rho = PlanetaryAtmDens( h, planet )
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Inputs
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h (1,:) Altitude (km)
planet (1,:) 'earth', 'mercury', 'venus', 'mars', 'pluto'
'jupiter' 'saturn' 'uranus' 'neptune'
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Outputs
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rho (1,:) Atmospheric Density (kg/m^3)
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See also AtmDens1, AtmDens2, AtmDensMars2
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AerospaceUtils: AtmosphericCalculations/AtmDens1 AerospaceUtils: AtmosphericCalculations/AtmDens2 SC: Environs/AtmDensMars2 Common: General/Watermark Common: Graphics/NewFig Common: Graphics/TitleS Common: Graphics/XLabelS Common: Graphics/YLabelS
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