ecc2flat

Flattening of ellipse from eccentricity

Syntax

f = ecc2flat(ecc)

Description

f = ecc2flat(ecc) computes the flattening f of an ellipse or an ellipsoid of revolution given its eccentricity ecc.

Examples

Flattening of Ellipse from Eccentricity

Find the flattening of an ellipse from the eccentricity.

f = ecc2flat(0.0818)

f = 
0.0034

Input Arguments

ecc — Eccentricity of ellipse

numeric scalar

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

Data Types: single | double

Output Arguments

f — Flattening

numeric scalar

Flattening, returned as a numeric scalar.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

R2013b: Only numeric scalars will be accepted as input

The ecc2flat function will not accept vectors or matrices as input in a future release. To update your code, specify a numeric scalar instead.