ValladoAlfano2014

SpiceyPy implementation of Vallado and Alfano, 2014, Curvilinear coordinate transformations for relative motion

cf. Celest Mech Dyn Astr (2014) 118:253–271, DOI 10.1007/s10569-014-9531-1

va2014.py implements the paper

Pre-requisites, python modules:

SpiceyPy: [https://github.com/AndrewAnnex/SpiceyPy]

SciPy

numerical_E.py is a test of the usage of SciPy special function ellipeinc

scipy.special.ellipeinc is the Incomplete Elliptic Integral of the Second Kind (IEISK)

integral(sqrt(1 - k**2 sin(t)**2)

Used to calculate arc lengths along an ellipse

elit.f is extracted from SciPy code

implements IEISK

testelit.f is command-line manual interface to elit.f