galpy.orbit.Orbit.vr

Orbit.vr(*args, **kwargs)[source]

NAME:

vr

PURPOSE:

return spherical radial velocity. For < 3 dimensions returns vR

INPUT:

t - (optional) time at which to get the radial velocity

vo= (Object-wide default) physical scale for velocities to use to convert

use_physical= use to override Object-wide default for using a physical scale for output

OUTPUT:

vr(t) [*input_shape,nt]

HISTORY:

2020-07-01 - Written - James Lane (UofT)