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class="descname">CartesianPoints</tt><big>(</big><em>x</em>, <em>y</em>, <em>z</em>, <em>unit=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/coordinates/distances.py#L194" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link"> [edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/coordinates/distances.html#CartesianPoints"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.coordinates.distances.CartesianPoints" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Bases: <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">object</span></tt></p> <p>A cartesian representation of a point in three-dimensional space.</p> <p class="rubric">Attributes</p> <table border="1" class="docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="5%" /> <col width="46%" /> <col width="49%" /> </colgroup> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="row-odd"><td>x</td> <td>number or array</td> <td>The first cartesian coordinate.</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>y</td> <td>number or array</td> <td>The second cartesian coordinate.</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>z</td> <td>number or array</td> <td>The third cartesian coordinate.</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>unit</td> <td><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">UnitBase</span></tt> object or None</td> <td>The physical unit of the coordinate values.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="rubric">Methods Summary</p> <table border="1" class="longtable docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="10%" /> <col width="90%" /> </colgroup> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.coordinates.distances.CartesianPoints.to_spherical" title="astropy.coordinates.distances.CartesianPoints.to_spherical"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">to_spherical</span></tt></a>()</td> <td>Converts to the spherical representation of this point.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="rubric">Methods Documentation</p> <dl class="method"> <dt id="astropy.coordinates.distances.CartesianPoints.to_spherical"> <tt class="descname">to_spherical</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/coordinates/distances.py#L216" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link"> [edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/coordinates/distances.html#CartesianPoints.to_spherical"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.coordinates.distances.CartesianPoints.to_spherical" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Converts to the spherical representation of this point.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns :</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>r</strong> : float or array</p> <blockquote> <div><p>The radial coordinate (in the same units as the inputs).</p> </div></blockquote> <p><strong>lat</strong> : float or array</p> <blockquote> <div><p>The latitude in radians</p> </div></blockquote> <p><strong>lon</strong> : float or array</p> <blockquote class="last"> <div><p>The longitude in radians</p> </div></blockquote> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </dd></dl> </dd></dl> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"><h3>Page Contents</h3> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#">CartesianPoints</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> <footer class="footer"> <p class="pull-right"> <a href="../_sources/_generated/astropy.coordinates.distances.CartesianPoints.txt" rel="nofollow">Page Source</a> <a href="#">Back to Top</a></p> <p> © Copyright 2011-2013, The Astropy 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