The Geometry Defined

Ground-floor newbie or penthouse-suite expert, sometimes we could all use a refresher. If you need info on planet angles or spins, go here.

reflectdirect.Geometry_Reference(ref_save=False, _active=False, incD=85, oblD=0, solD=0, ratRO=10.0, phaseD=[0], ph_colors=['k'], name='NONE', reference=True)

Makes a reference diagram about exoplanetary systems.

_images/geomref_example.png

For example, this shows how important angles are defined. See Appendix A of Schwartz et al. (2016).

Args:
ref_save (bool):
Save the diagram as “geometry_reference.pdf” in the current working directory. Default is False.

Note

Starting with _active, ignore the remaining arguments. These are used by the class DirectImaging_Planet for the interactive function Sandbox_Reflection().