galpy.potential.Potential.rl¶
- Potential.rl(lz, t=0.0)[source]¶
Calculate the radius of a circular orbit of Lz.
- Parameters:
lz (float or Quantity) – Angular momentum.
t (float or Quantity, optional) – Time. Default: 0.0.
- Returns:
Radius.
- Return type:
float or Quantity
Notes
2012-07-30 - Written - Bovy (IAS@MPIA)
An efficient way to call this function on many objects is provided as the Orbit method rguiding.
See also
