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conic section comparison table

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ellipse A plane curve in which the sum of the distances of each point along its periphery from two points - its "foci" - are equal.

hyperbola

Keplerian orbit osculating element physics osculating orbit The orbit of a spherical particle of a finite mass around another spherical particle, also of finite mass, by virtue of the gravitational attraction between them. In the Bohr-Sommerfeld picture of atoms, the electrons are considered as describing Keplerian orbits in the field of the positive nucleus by virtue of the inverse square electric attraction between the electrons and the nuclei.

parabola

Subject	has parameter	has domain	has synonym	has definition
ellipse				A plane curve in which the sum of the distances of each point along its periphery from two points - its "foci" - are equal.
hyperbola
Keplerian orbit	osculating element	physics	osculating orbit	The orbit of a spherical particle of a finite mass around another spherical particle, also of finite mass, by virtue of the gravitational attraction between them. In the Bohr-Sommerfeld picture of atoms, the electrons are considered as describing Keplerian orbits in the field of the positive nucleus by virtue of the inverse square electric attraction between the electrons and the nuclei.
parabola

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