Return the semiminor axis given the semimmajor axis (a) and eccentricity (ecc).
Examples
Scalar input:
earth_a = 6378137; %m
earth_ecc = 0.081819221456;
earth_b = minaxis (earth_a, earth_ecc)
=> earth_b =
6.3568e+06
Vector input:
planets_a = [ 6378137 ; 66854000 ];
planets_ecc = [ 0.081819221456 ; 0.3543164 ];
planets_b = minaxis (planets_a , planets_ecc)
=> planets_b =
6.3568e+06
6.2517e+07
See also: majaxis.
Package: mapping