AccelThirdBody

class ssapy.gravity.AccelThirdBody(body)[source][source]

Bases: Accel

Acceleration due to a third body.

Parameters:: body (ssapy.Body) – The third body.

Methods Summary

__call__(r, v, t, **kwargs)

Evaluate acceleration at particular place/moment.

Methods Documentation

__call__(r, v, t, **kwargs)[source][source]

Evaluate acceleration at particular place/moment.

Parameters:

r (array_like, shape(3, )) – Position in meters.
v (array_like, shape(3, )) – Velocity in meters per second. Unused.
t (float) – Time as GPS seconds. Unused

Returns:

accel – Acceleration in meters per second^2

Return type:

array_like, shape(3,)