galpy.util.bovy_coords.rect_to_cyl¶
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galpy.util.bovy_coords.
rect_to_cyl
(X, Y, Z)¶ NAME:
rect_to_cylPURPOSE:
convert from rectangular to cylindrical coordinatesINPUT:
X, Y, Z - rectangular coordinatesOUTPUT:
R,phi,zHISTORY:
2010-09-24 - Written - Bovy (NYU)
2019-06-21 - Changed such that phi in [-pi,pi] - Bovy (UofT)