Other Assets - Accounts Receivable, Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	15 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Accounts Receivable, Net
Allowance for credit losses	$ 0.2	$ 0.2
Allowance for lease related receivables	0.1	$ 0.1
Maximum
Accounts Receivable, Net
Increase (decrease) in allowance for credit losses related to accounts receivable	$ (0.1)

Amount of allowance for credit loss on accounts receivable, excluding lease related receivable.

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Amount of allowance for credit loss on lease related receivables.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in allowance for credit loss on accounts receivable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121599337&loc=SL82919249-210447

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