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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4544. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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The conic section obtained by cutting a right circular cone by a plane which makes an angle relative to the base of the cone less than the angle made by the side. It is an oval curve having within it two points or foci (singular: focus) such that the sum of the distances from each focus to any point on the curve is a constant. The greatest diameter of an ellipse is the major axis (half of this is...

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