Synchrone

class sbpy.dynamics.syndynes.Synchrone(source: State, betas: Iterable[float], age: Quantity, r: Quantity, v: Quantity, t: Time, initial: State, observer: State | None = None)

Bases: SynStates

Collection of particle states that make up a synchrone.

Parameters:

sourceState

The source of the synchrone dust.

betasarray

The beta-values of this synchrone, shape = (N,).

age~astropy.units.Quantity

The particle age of this synchrone.

rQuantity

Position (x, y, z), shape = (N, 3).

vQuantity

Velocity (x, y, z), shape = (N, 3).

tTime or Quantity

Time of observation.

observerState, optional

The observer, used to generate sky coordinates.

Attributes Summary

age	Synchrone age.
arbitrary_time	True if the time attribute is arbitrary.
epoch	Epoch of synchrone ejection.
frame
r	Position vector.
rv	Position in km, and velocity in km/s.
t	Time.
v	Velocity vector.
v_x	x component of the velocity vector.
v_y	y component of the velocity vector.
v_z	z component of the velocity vector.
x	x component of the position vector.
y	y component of the position vector.
z	z component of the position vector.

Methods Summary

to_ephem()	Convert to an sbpy ephemeris object.
to_skycoord()	Convert to a SkyCoord object.
transform_to(frame)	Transform state into another reference frame.

Attributes Documentation

age

Synchrone age.

arbitrary_time

True if the time attribute is arbitrary.

epoch

Epoch of synchrone ejection.

frame

r

Position vector.

rv

Position in km, and velocity in km/s.

t

Time.

v

Velocity vector.

v_x

x component of the velocity vector.

v_y

y component of the velocity vector.

v_z

z component of the velocity vector.

x

x component of the position vector.

y

y component of the position vector.

z

z component of the position vector.

Methods Documentation

to_ephem() → Ephem

Convert to an sbpy ephemeris object.

Returns:

ephEphem

Notes

Source and observer states are stored in the Ephem.meta attribute.

Attribute or quantity	Ephem field name
beta(s)	beta_rad
age(s)	age
t, as Time	date
t, as Quantity	t_relative
\(|r|\)	r
\(|v \cdot \hat{r}|\)	rdot
coords	coords
coords.ra	ra
coords.dec	dec
coords.lon	lon
coords.lat	lat
coords.distance	delta
coords.radial_velocity	deltadot
x	x
y	y
z	z
v_x	vx
v_y	vy
v_z	vz
initial.x	x initial
initial.y	y initial
initial.z	z initial
initial.v_x	vx initial
initial.v_y	vy initial
initial.v_z	vz initial
initial.t	t initial

to_skycoord() → SkyCoord

Convert to a SkyCoord object.

transform_to(frame: FrameInputTypes) → Self

Transform state into another reference frame.

Parameters:

framestring or BaseCoordinateFrame

Transform into this reference frame.

Returns:

stateState

The transformed state.