.. _objects:

Objects
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The following classes are available in the ``atom_access`` package.

 - ``Sphere`` -- A sphere object with a radius and a center point. 
 - ``Ray`` -- Contains all information required to define a ray of light and its intersection with a sphere.

The intersection of a given ray with a given sphere can be calculated using the ``Ray.intersect`` method. 

Rays can be generated using the ``Ray.from_zcw`` class method, which returns a list of rays evenly distributed
on the surface of a sphere according to the ZCW algorithm.

.. automodule:: atom_access.objects
    :members: