CelestialObject.RadiusPolar Property

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Description

The polar radius of the celestial body.

The RadiusPolar, Flattening, and RadiusEquatorial properties of a CelestialObject are all linked. Setting the RadiusPolar value will update the Flattening value automatically, while setting the Flattening value will automatically update the RadiusPolar value.

Timing Precision Mode

This page describes functionality in millisecond timing precision mode. Millisecond timing precision mode is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. We recommend that you migrate your Mission Plans to nanosecond timing precision mode.

Click here to see the documentation for this object in nanosecond timing precision mode.

Attributes

Type:	number
Access:	read/write
Units:	km
Default Value:	6356.7516
Valid Range:	CelestialObject.RadiusPolar > 0

Syntax

myVariable1 = myCelestialObject1.RadiusPolar;

myCelestialObject1.RadiusPolar = myVariable1;