galpy.orbit.Orbit.vT

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

NAME:

vT

PURPOSE:

return tangential velocity at time t

INPUT:

t - (optional) time at which to get the tangential 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:

vT(t) [*input_shape,nt]

HISTORY:

2019-02-20 - Written - Bovy (UofT)