ssapy_toolkit.Accelerations.accel_radial

ssapy_toolkit.Accelerations.accel_radial(r, magnitude)

Acceleration vector pointing radially outward from Earth’s center with user-specified magnitude.

Parameters:

• r (array_like, shape (3,)) – Position vector in meters.

• magnitude (float) – Acceleration magnitude in m/s^2.

Returns:

• a (ndarray, shape (3,)) – Acceleration vector in m/s^2.

• Author (Travis Yeager)