galpy.orbit.Orbit.rap

Orbit.rap(analytic=False, pot=None, **kwargs)

NAME:

rap

PURPOSE:

calculate the apocenter radius

INPUT:

analytic - compute this analytically

pot - potential to use for analytical calculation

ro= (Object-wide default) physical scale for distances to use to convert

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

OUTPUT:

R_ap

HISTORY:

2010-09-20 - Written - Bovy (NYU)