RadialRepresentation¶
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class
astropy.coordinates.
RadialRepresentation
(distance, differentials=None, copy=True)[source]¶ Bases:
astropy.coordinates.BaseRepresentation
Representation of the distance of points from the origin.
Note that this is mostly intended as an internal helper representation. It can do little else but being used as a scale in multiplication.
- Parameters
- distance
Quantity
The distance of the point(s) from the origin.
- differentialsdict,
BaseDifferential
, optional Any differential classes that should be associated with this representation. The input must either be a single
BaseDifferential
instance (see_compatible_differentials
for valid types), or a dictionary of of differential instances with keys set to a string representation of the SI unit with which the differential (derivative) is taken. For example, for a velocity differential on a positional representation, the key would be's'
for seconds, indicating that the derivative is a time derivative.- copybool, optional
If
True
(default), arrays will be copied. IfFalse
, arrays will be references, though possibly broadcast to ensure matching shapes.
- distance
Attributes Summary
The distance from the origin to the point(s).
Methods Summary
from_cartesian
(cart)Converts 3D rectangular cartesian coordinates to radial coordinate.
norm
(self)Vector norm.
scale_factors
(self)Scale factors for each component’s direction.
to_cartesian
(self)Cannot convert radial representation to cartesian.
unit_vectors
(self)Cartesian unit vectors are undefined for radial representation.
Attributes Documentation
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attr_classes
= {'distance': <class 'astropy.units.quantity.Quantity'>}¶
-
distance
¶ The distance from the origin to the point(s).
Methods Documentation
-
classmethod
from_cartesian
(cart)[source]¶ Converts 3D rectangular cartesian coordinates to radial coordinate.
-
norm
(self)[source]¶ Vector norm.
Just the distance itself.
- Returns
- norm
Quantity
Dimensionless ones, with the same shape as the representation.
- norm
-
scale_factors
(self)[source]¶ Scale factors for each component’s direction.
Given unit vectors \(\hat{e}_c\) and scale factors \(f_c\), a change in one component of \(\delta c\) corresponds to a change in representation of \(\delta c \times f_c \times \hat{e}_c\).
- Returns
- scale_factorsdict of
Quantity
The keys are the component names.
- scale_factorsdict of