choclo.point.gravity_e#
- choclo.point.gravity_e(easting_p, northing_p, upward_p, easting_q, northing_q, upward_q, mass)[source]#
Easting component of the gravitational acceleration due to a point source.
Returns the easting component of the gravitational acceleration produced by a single point source on a single computation point
- Parameters:
- Returns:
- g_e
float
Easting component of the gravitational acceleration generated by the point source on the observation point in
.
- g_e
Notes
Returns the easting component
of the gravitational acceleration on the observation point generated by a single point source located in and mass .where
refer to the norm (the Euclidean distance between and ) and is the Universal Gravitational Constant.