Activities for Students: Ellipses and Orbits: Asteroids and Comets
The orbits of planets about the sun and satellites about the earth are elliptical. The shape of the orbit can be described by its eccentricity and can be modeled algebraically and graphically. The exploration of orbits enriches our understanding of the mathematical representations, definitions, and...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | The Mathematics teacher 2011-12, Vol.105 (5), p.380-383 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The orbits of planets about the sun and satellites about the earth are elliptical. The shape of the orbit can be described by its eccentricity and can be modeled algebraically and graphically. The exploration of orbits enriches our understanding of the mathematical representations, definitions, and connections for ellipses. |
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| ISSN: | 0025-5769 2330-0582 |
| DOI: | 10.5951/mathteacher.105.5.0380 |