diff --git a/docs/user-guide/gravitational-harmonics/index.rst b/docs/user-guide/gravitational-harmonics/index.rst index 0e9f188cd..dc4fe4b1c 100644 --- a/docs/user-guide/gravitational-harmonics/index.rst +++ b/docs/user-guide/gravitational-harmonics/index.rst @@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ Gravitational Harmonics ########################## Here, we show how to use Swiftest's Gravitational Harmonics capabilities. +Swiftest uses `SHTOOLS ` to compute the gravitational harmonics coefficients for a given body and calculate it's associated acceleration kick. +The coefficients can be computed in a number of ways: +- Using the axes measurements of the body ( :func: `clm_from_ellipsoid `) +- Using a surface relief grid ( :func: `clm_from_relief `). + + * This function is still in development and may not work as expected. + +- Manually entering the coefficients when adding the central body ( :func: `add_body `) + This is based on ``/spherical_harmonics_cb`` in ``swiftest/examples``.