EarthEclipseDuration:

Path: SCPro/ProEphemeris

% Compute the eclipse duration in earth orbit.
 Uses the orbit radius at perigee for the computation. The orbital elements
 are:

   [Semi-major axis, Inclination, Right ascension of the ascending node,
   Argument of perigee, Eccentricity, Mean Anomaly]

 Type EarthEclipseDuration for a demo in a 7000 km 85 deg orbit. Uses SunBeta
 and EclipseDuration.

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   Form:
   [d, dMax] = EarthEclipseDuration( el, jD )
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   Inputs
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   el          (1,6) [a i W w e M]
   jD          (1,:) Julian date (days)

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   Outputs
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   d           (1,:) Eclipse duration (sec)
   dMax        (1,1) Maximum eclipse duration (sec)

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Children:

Orbit: OrbitCoord/A2Perige
SC: BasicOrbit/Period
SC: Environs/SunBeta
SC: Ephem/EclipseDuration
SC: Ephem/SunV1
Common: Graphics/Plot2D
Common: Time/Date2JD

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