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What happens to the ellipse when the eccentricity becomes zero?
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Then it will be a circle.
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When is an ellipse very accentrie?
An ellipse is very eccentric when its foci are far apart.The closer one focus is to the other, the less eccentric the ellipse is.When when both foci are the same point, the eccentricity is zero, and the ellipse is a circle.
Define the focus and the eccentricity of an ellipse?
A circle is perfectly round, and has one center. An ellipse is like a circle with TWO "centers", and each "center" is called a "focus". The plural of "focus" is "foci". Take a piece of string and tie a loop in each end. Put a pin through the loops, and hold it still in the center of the circle. Place the tip of your pencil at the center of the string, and you can draw a circle by keeping the string taut. Now take TWO pins, and put one pin at each end of the string; place the pins at some short distance apart, and hold them there. Place your pencil and draw, and the shape you draw will be an ellipse. The two pinpoints are the focuses, or foci, of the ellipse. Eccentricity is a measure of how far the ellipse varies from a circle. An ellipse with an eccentricity of zero _IS_ a circle, while an eccentricity of 1.0 is a straight line, with that string stretched out straight. In astronomy, every natural orbit is an ellipse.
What happens if an angle goes above 360?
It becomes zero.
What is earths eccentricity rounded to the nearest tenth?
The eccentricity of the Earth's orbit is currently about 0.0167; that rounds to zero.
What is the formula to finding circumferences?
If it's a circle, then it's pi*diameter or 2*pi*radius.If it is an ellipse, the circumference (perimeter) is an infinite series with an approximation based on its eccentricity (which for a circle is zero).(see the related link)
The ellipse with less eccentric is smaller or larger than an ellipse with more eccentric?
Eccentricity does not refer to the [size] of the ellipse. It refers to the [shape].An ellipse with [zero] eccentricity is a [circle].As the eccentricity increases, the ellipse becomes less circular,and more 'squashed', like an egg or a football.
How does the shape change with increasing eccentricity?
An ellipse whose eccentricity is zero is a circle. As its eccentricity increases, it becomes more and more elliptical, i.e. its foci move farther apart and it appears more "egg-shaped".
What is an ellipse with eccentricity of zero?
A circle
What is the minimum eccentricity a ellipse can have?
What does eccentricity means? But a ellipse is a word i dunno, all i know is the ecllispe the minty mint i eat every day.
What is the name of the geocentric figure which has the minimum eccentricity?
It is called a circle.A circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity.Incidentally, you probably meant "geometric figure".
What is the FOCI of a circle?
A circle is an ellipse with an eccentricity of zero. Both foci of that ellipse are at the same point. In the special case of the circle, that point is called the "center".
When is an ellipse very accentrie?
An ellipse is very eccentric when its foci are far apart.The closer one focus is to the other, the less eccentric the ellipse is.When when both foci are the same point, the eccentricity is zero, and the ellipse is a circle.
How are foci related to eccentricity?
The eccentricity of an ellipse is a number related to how "egg-shaped" it is ... the difference between the distance through the fat part and the distance through the skinny part. That's also related to the distance between the 'foci' (focuses) of the ellipse. The farther apart the foci are, the higher the eccentricity is, and the flatter the ellipse is. Comets have very eccentric orbits. When the two foci are at the same point, the eccentricity is zero, all of the diameters of the ellipse have the same length, and the ellipse is a circle. All of the planets have orbits with small eccentricities.
What is the minimum eccentricity an elipse can have?
the minimum would be a zero. and a eccentricity of zero would be a circle because if it's a zero, you only have one point because there is no focal distance. if you have only one point to connect, it would be a circle. on the other hand, the maximum would be one; a line. because eccentricity is in a fraction/decimal form. the person before me wrote 7. that is not humanly possible, because that would mean a fraction like 700/100. and how can the focal distance be grater than the major axis?
What happens to the shape of an obit as eccentricity gets smaller?
As the eccentricity reaches zero the two foci merge together and the ellipse becomes a circle. If a is half the major axis of the ellipse, and e is the eccentricity, the distance between the foci is 2ae. For a planet the Sun occupies one focus and the other is vacant, so the Sun is a distance of ae from the centre of the ellipse. The minor axis is sqrt(1-e^2) times the minor axis, so for all the planets except Mercury the minor axis is more than 99½% of the major axis. The best way to draw an orbit is to ignore this small difference and draw a circle, and then place the Sun at the right distance off-centre.
What is the name of an object with a eccentricity of zero?
The eccentricity of the circle is zero.
What was final Jeopardy on October 23 2007?
Category: Geometry. Answer: It's an ellipse with an eccentricity of zero. Question: What is a circle? All three contestants responded correctly.
