From c10d708aa2c4657e6f3e120acf63ab52d850a6b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: carlislewishard <70146819+carlislewishard@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 16:09:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] updated the affiliations of collaborators

---
 paper/paper.md | 16 +++++-----------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/paper/paper.md b/paper/paper.md
index 7dc8b772c..f5c8c6310 100644
--- a/paper/paper.md
+++ b/paper/paper.md
@@ -17,21 +17,15 @@ authors:
     equal-contrib: true 
     affiliation: 1
   - name: Jennifer Pouplin
-    affiliation: "1, 2"
+    affiliation: "1"
   - name: Jake Elliott
-    affiliation: "1, 3"
+    affiliation: "1"
   - name: Dana Singh
-    affiliation: "1, 4"
+    affiliation: "1"
 affiliations:
  - name: Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, USA
    index: 1
- - name: Metrea Orbital Effects, USA
-   index: 2
- - name: Verisk, USA
-   index: 3
- - name: SAIC, USA
-   index: 4
-date: 03 March 2023
+date: 05 April 2023
 bibliography: paper.bib
 ---
 
@@ -59,4 +53,4 @@ Modeling the behavior of thousands of fully interacting bodies over long timesca
 
 `Swiftest` was developed at Purdue University and was funded under the NASA Emerging Worlds and Solar System Workings programs. Active development by the Purdue Swiftest Team is ongoing and contributions from the community are highly encouraged.
 
-# References
\ No newline at end of file
+# References

From 91029f8ae54e6a2439b50e99456c56178957f8f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: carlislewishard <70146819+carlislewishard@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:15:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] updated description of J2 and J4 input terms

---
 README_tables/add_body_kwargs.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README_tables/add_body_kwargs.md b/README_tables/add_body_kwargs.md
index 778bda864..c01e343c7 100644
--- a/README_tables/add_body_kwargs.md
+++ b/README_tables/add_body_kwargs.md
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
 | ```rhill```     | Hill Radius value(s) of bodies. Only for massive bodies.                                                                                | float or array-like of floats
 | ```rot```       | Rotation rate vector(s) of bodies in radians/sec. Only for massive bodies. Only used if ```rotation``` is set to ```True```.                           | (n,3) array-like of floats
 | ```Ip```        | Principal axes moments of inertia vector(s) of bodies. Only for massive bodies. Only used if ```rotation``` is set to ```True```.       | (n,3) array-like of floats
-| ```J2```        | The J2 term of the central body.                                                                                                        | float or array-like of floats
-| ```J4```        | The J4 term of the central body.                                                                                                        | float or array-like of floats
\ No newline at end of file
+| ```J2```        | The unitless value equal to J2*R^2 where R is the radius of the central body.                                                                                                     | float or array-like of floats
+| ```J4```        | The unitless value equal to J4*R^4 where R is the radius of the central body.                                                                                                     | float or array-like of floats

From 2d49d8e79e6d01f81f66165cca5e0ea52379a2c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: carlislewishard <70146819+carlislewishard@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:21:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] further updated the J2 and J4 descriptions

---
 README_tables/add_body_kwargs.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README_tables/add_body_kwargs.md b/README_tables/add_body_kwargs.md
index c01e343c7..4e341a83d 100644
--- a/README_tables/add_body_kwargs.md
+++ b/README_tables/add_body_kwargs.md
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
 | ```rhill```     | Hill Radius value(s) of bodies. Only for massive bodies.                                                                                | float or array-like of floats
 | ```rot```       | Rotation rate vector(s) of bodies in radians/sec. Only for massive bodies. Only used if ```rotation``` is set to ```True```.                           | (n,3) array-like of floats
 | ```Ip```        | Principal axes moments of inertia vector(s) of bodies. Only for massive bodies. Only used if ```rotation``` is set to ```True```.       | (n,3) array-like of floats
-| ```J2```        | The unitless value equal to J2*R^2 where R is the radius of the central body.                                                                                                     | float or array-like of floats
-| ```J4```        | The unitless value equal to J4*R^4 where R is the radius of the central body.                                                                                                     | float or array-like of floats
+| ```J2```        | The unitless value of the spherical harmonic term equal to J2*R^2 where R is the radius of the central body.                                                                                                     | float or array-like of floats
+| ```J4```        | The unitless value of the spherical harmonic term equal to J4*R^4 where R is the radius of the central body.                                                                                                     | float or array-like of floats