APrior

class ssapy.rvsampler.APrior(amean, asigma)[source][source]

Bases: object

Gaussian prior on orbit semimajor axis a.

Parameters:

  • amean (float) – Prior mean on a in meters.

  • asigma (float) – Prior standard deviation on a in meters.

aMean[source]
aSigma[source]
__call__(orbit)[source][source]

Returns log prior probability of given orbit.

Methods Summary

__call__(orbit[, distance, chi])

Return log prior probability of given orbit.

Methods Documentation

__call__(orbit, distance=None, chi=False)[source][source]

Return log prior probability of given orbit.

Parameters:

  • orbit (Orbit) – The given orbit.

  • distance (float, optional) – Distance between object and observer (m) [not used]

Returns:

logprior – The log of the prior probability for given orbit.

Return type:

float