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A satellite is in an elliptical orbit around Earth with eccentricity e=0.5e = 0.5e=0.5 and orbital period T=8T = 8T=8 hours. Kepler's Equation relates the eccentric anomaly EEE to the time ttt from periapsis by M=E−esin(E)M = E - e \\sin(E)M=E−esin(E), where M=frac2pitTM = \\frac{2\\pi t}{T}M=frac2pitT is the mean anomaly. How many hours after passing periapsis does the satellite reach an eccentric anomaly of E=fracpi2E = \\frac{\\pi}{2}E=fracpi2?