galpy.potential.Potential.rE

Potential.rE(E, t=0.0)[source]

Calculate the radius of a circular orbit with energy E.

Parameters:
  • E (float or Quantity) – Energy.

  • t (float or Quantity, optional) – Time. Default: 0.0.

Returns:

Radius.

Return type:

float or Quantity

Notes

  • 2022-04-06 - Written - Bovy (UofT)

  • An efficient way to call this function on many objects is provided as the Orbit method rE.