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What is the eccentricity of an ellipse in which the distance between the foci is 2 centimeters and the length of the major axis is 5 centimeters?
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The eccentricity of that ellipse is 0.4 .
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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 distance from one of the foci of the ellipse from its center?
The length of the semi-major axis multiplied by the eccentricity.
Does the eccentricity E gives us the size of an ellipse?
No - The eccentricity only tells us the degree to which the ellipse is flattened with respect to a perfect 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 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 will happen to the eccentricity of an ellipse as the distance between the foci increases?
the eccentricity will increase.
What changes take place in the eccentricity of the ellipse when you increase the distance between the foci's?
Troll
What change takes place in the eccentricity of an ellipse when you increase the distance between the foci?
Troll
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 difference between a circle and an ellipse?
-- the eccentricity or -- the distance between the foci or -- the ratio of the major and minor axes
What is the eccentricity of an ellipse with a major axis of 54 cm and distance between the foci of 36.4 cm?
Dont know the eccentricity , but the minor axis = 39.888 cm (approx)
Why are ellipse eccentricities between 0 and 1?
If the eccentricity was 0 the ellipse would instead be a circle, and if the eccentricity was 1 it would be a straight line segment.
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 distance from one of the foci of the ellipse from its center?
The length of the semi-major axis multiplied by the eccentricity.
What planet has the least distance between the two Foci of its elliptical orbit?
Planets don't have circular orbits; all orbits are ellipses. A circle has one center, but an ellipse has two focuses, or "foci". The further apart the foci, the greater the eccentricity, which is a measure of how far off circular the ellipse is. Venus has the lowest eccentricity, at 0.007. Neptune is next with an eccentricity of 0.011. (Earth's orbit has an eccentricity of 0.017.) So, Venus has the shortest focus-to-focus distance.
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.
What is an ellipse with eccentricity of zero?
A circle
