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Interlocking unit circles.......................make an ellipse with a long side of the square root of 3........and a short axis of 1.....................................both centered on the X axis .......at - one half and positive one half....

Ellipse - Wikipedia

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In mathematics, an ellipse is a curve in a plane surrounding two focal points such that the sum ... Due to this symmetry, these axes intersect at the center of the ellipse (C). ... ellipse); Determine the orientation of the long (major) axis and, if desired, place a long line (longer than the major axis) along that axispassing through ...

‎Ellipsis · ‎N-ellipse · ‎Superellipse · ‎Ellipse (disambiguation)

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Semi-major and semi-minor axes - Wikipedia

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In geometry, the major axis of an ellipse is its longest diameter: a line segment that runs ... One can think of the semi-major axis as an ellipse's long radius.

Major / minor axis of an ellipse - Math Open Reference

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The major and minor axes of an ellipse are diameters (lines through the center) of the ellipse. The majoraxis is the longest diameter and the minor axis the ...

Ellipse - Math is Fun

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Ellipse. An ellipse usually looks like a squashed circle: Drag The Points! ... The Semi-major Axis is half of the Major Axis, and the Semi-minor Axis is half of the ... But a simple approximation that is within about 5% of the true value (so long as a ...

Introductory Astronomy: Ellipses - WSU-Astro

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An ellipse is (sort of) an oval shape, with two interior points called foci (singular: focus), a long axis (the major axis), a short axis (the minor axis), and a center ...