galpy.orbit.Orbit.phasedim

Orbit.phasedim()[source]

NAME:

phasedim

PURPOSE:

return the phase-space dimension of the problem (2 for 1D, 3 for 2D-axi, 4 for 2D, 5 for 3D-axi, 6 for 3D)

INPUT:

(none)

OUTPUT:

phase-space dimension

HISTORY:

2018-12-20 - Written - Bovy (UofT)