geoana.gravity.PointMass

class geoana.gravity.PointMass(mass=1.0, location=None, **kwargs)

Class for gravitational solutions for a point mass.

The PointMass class is used to analytically compute the gravitational potentials, fields, and gradients for a point mass.

Parameters:

massfloat

Mass of the point particle (kg). Default is m = 1 kg

locationarray_like, optional

Location of the point mass in 3D space (m). Default is (0, 0, 0)

Attributes

location	Location of the point mass.
mass	Mass of the point particle in kilograms.

Methods

gravitational_field(xyz)	Gravitational field due to a point mass.
gravitational_gradient(xyz)	Gravitational gradient for a point mass.
gravitational_potential(xyz)	Gravitational potential due to a point mass.