ssapy_toolkit.Accelerations.accel_inclination

ssapy_toolkit.Accelerations.accel_inclination(r, v, magnitude)[source]

Acceleration vector always in the local north/south direction, i.e. perpendicular to the radial direction but aimed toward the Earth’s North pole (or South if magnitude < 0).

Parameters:

r (array_like, shape (3,)) – Position (radial) vector in meters.
v (array_like, shape (3,)) – (Unused; kept for signature consistency.)
magnitude (float) – Desired magnitude of the inclination-change acceleration in m/s^2. Positive -> northward; negative -> southward.

Returns:

a – Inclination-change acceleration vector in m/s^2.

Return type:

ndarray, shape (3,)