Conic Section Ellipse 6
by Russell Kightley
Title
Conic Section Ellipse 6
Artist
Russell Kightley
Medium
Digital Art
Description
Conic Section Ellipse #6. An ellipse is is a geometric figure formed when a plane intersects a cone but fails to cross the base of the cone i.e. the ellipse is a closed figure unlike a parabola or an hyperbola. An ellipse is like a flattened circle and is a very important figure since it describes the orbits of the planets around the sun. When the interesecting plane lies parallel to the base of the cone then the ellipse becomes equal to a circle (a circle is a special case of an ellipse).
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August 5th, 2012
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