CalcE.m

Calculates eccentric anomaly given mean anomaly and eccentricity of an elliptical orbit.
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Updated 26 Jan 2005

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Since the eccentric anomaly cannot be directly calculated from certain given values, this function performs a simple Newton-Raphson iteration to solve for the eccentric anomaly within a given tolerance (default 10^-8 radians).

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Richard Rieber (2024). CalcE.m (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/6779-calce-m), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R13
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Version Published Release Notes
1.0.0.0

Didn't notice that MatLab already had a function entitled calce.m, so the file has been renamed to CalcEA.m.