Stockholders' Equity - At-the-Market Offerings - Additional Information (Details) - At-the-Market Offerings - Class A Common Stock - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020	May 13, 2020
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Maximum aggregate offering shares of common stock		4.0
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock	$ 504.0
Number of shares Issued	4.0
Average selling price per share	$ 126.01
Stock Issuance Costs	$ 6.8

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The cash outflow for cost incurred directly with the issuance of an equity security.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 15
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121586364&loc=d3e3291-108585

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