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majaxis

Semimajor axis of ellipse

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    Syntax

    a = majaxis(semiminor,e)

    Description

    a = majaxis(semiminor,e) computes the semimajor axis length a of an ellipse or an ellipsoid of revolution given the semiminor axis length semiminor and eccentricity e.

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    Examples

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    Find the semimajor axis length of an ellipse from the eccentricity and length of the semiminor axis. 

    a = majaxis(6356752,0.0818)
    a = 
6.3781e+06

    Input Arguments

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    Semiminor axis length, specified as a numeric scalar.

    Eccentricity of the ellipse, specified as a numeric scalar. The value of e must be in the range [0, 1).

    Data Types: single | double

    Output Arguments

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    Semimajor axis length, returned as a numeric scalar. The units of a are the same as those of semiminor.

    Version History

    Introduced before R2006a

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