brett knoss (Feb 19 2023 at 09:48): brett knoss (Feb 19 2023 at 09:48):I'm not sure how to enter the units for rho of a planet in Orbits.jl
Daniel González (Feb 19 2023 at 11:18):Which parameter do you mean by rho?
brett knoss (Feb 19 2023 at 12:29):rho_planet, and rho_star are two variables in the source code.
brett knoss (Feb 19 2023 at 12:30):* `R_planet`/`Rp` -- The radius of the planet [R⊙].
* `R_star`/`Rs` -- The radius of the star [R⊙].
* `rho_star`/`ρ_star` -- The spherical star density [M⊙/R⊙³].
how do I enter this with UnitfulAstro.jl?
Daniel González (Feb 19 2023 at 13:06):I would expect standard Unitful units for density to work there
brett knoss (Feb 19 2023 at 14:51):What unit is that? How do I enter it?
Daniel González (Feb 19 2023 at 15:03):Well, any valid units for mass over volume, like
julia> using Unitful
julia> 0.9u"kg"/u"m"^3
0.9 kg m^-3
Or do something like
julia> mass = 10u"kg"
10 kg
julia> radius = 2u"cm"
2 cm
julia> mass*3/(4π*radius^3)
0.2984155182973038 kg cm^-3
M_planet=.3*1.99e30u"kg",
M_star=6*1.99e30u"kg",
rho_star=0.9u"kg"/u"m"^3,
a=1u"AU",
t0=0u"°"
)
gives me an error that the units aren't compatable. I thought this was what I need if I don't know eccentricity, from reading the docs.
Ian Weaver (Feb 20 2023 at 00:52):Ah, I see the mix-up. Try putting the mid-transit time in units of days u"d", not degrees u"°". We adopted this notation, i.e. [d] in the docs, to represent day so that it would be in line with the standard unit from Unitful.jl. I can see how this could be confused with the unit for degrees out of context, so I have opened a PR to try and clarify this https://github.com/JuliaAstro/Orbits.jl/pull/7
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