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Geometry of the Ellipse

  • Capderou M
Springer International Publishing, (2014), 1-23
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03416-4_1
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Abstract

We will be concerned with ellipses in two different contexts: • The orbit of a satellite around the Earth (or the orbit of a planet around the Sun) is an ellipse. • A cross-section of the planet Earth containing the polar axis is an ellipse. Naturally, in...

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Capderou, M. (2014). Geometry of the Ellipse. In Handbook of Satellite Orbits (pp. 1–23). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03416-4_1

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