NUM_RATE

Name

num_rate

Purpose (one Line Only)

Gives the relative number vs. apparent motion rate(arcsec/hr) of KBOs.

Description

This is a crude approximation of the number of objects as a
function of distance, and rate is given as a proxy for distance.
The intended range of the rate is from 2arcsec/hr to 5arcsec/hr, it
is valid to evaluate it at any rate, but will be poorly representatibe
outside of 2 to 5. This function is meant to be probabalistically
sampled with smplprb.pro. The normalization of this function is
arbritrary.

Calling Sequence

array=num_rate(x)

Inputs

x :An array or scalar value in arcsec/hr

Optional Input Parameters

Keyword Input Parameters

Outputs

array :Returns a float array of the same size as x.

Keyword Output Parameters

Common Blocks

Side Effects

Restrictions

Procedure

Modification History

2004/07/13, Written by Maureen Teyssier, REU Lowell Observatory
2004/07/15, MWB, incorporated into library.
2004/07/18, MWB, changed to a more realistic function based on real data.