def get_standard_mesh(self, scaled=True):
        """
        TODO: add documentation
        """
        # TODO: allow this to take etheta and retreive a mesh at that true anomaly
        theta = 0.0
        protomesh = self._standard_meshes[theta] #.copy() # if theta in self._standard_meshes.keys() else self.mesh.copy()

        if scaled:
            # TODO: be careful about self._scale... we may want self._instantaneous_scale
            return mesh.ScaledProtoMesh.from_proto(protomesh, self._scale)
        else:
            return protomesh.copy()
TODO: add documentation