galpy.potential.rl

galpy.potential.rl(Pot, lz, t=0.0)[source]

Calculate the radius of a circular orbit of Lz.

Parameters:

  • Pot (Potential instance or list thereof) – Potential instance or list thereof.

  • lz (float or Quantity) – Angular momentum (can be Quantity).

  • t (float or Quantity, optional) – Time (default: 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

Orbit.rguiding