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Why isn't a conic projection used to navigate a ship or aircraft?
Because conic projections are suited to mapping small areas
What is the shape of all planets?
Planets' orbits are all forms of conic section, the curve formed by intersecting a plane with a symmetrical circular cone. The shape of a conic section is defined by a parameter called eccentricity, written as e. In order of eccentricity the four orbital shapes are: circles (e=0), ellipses (0<e<1), parabolas (e=1) and hyperbolas (e>1). Planets' orbits are ellipses with e less than 0.1, so they are approximately circular. You can only get a hyperbolic orbit with a body coming in at high speed from outside the solar system, which is extremely rare. You can make conic sections by shining a torch on a wall (a torch with a old fashioned bulb, not LEDs). It produces a cone of light, and the wall gives the intersection, so on the wall you can create those four shapes. Shining it straight at the wall gives a circle, slightly off gives an ellipse, then with one side of the cone parallel to the wall you get a parabola, and turning it further creates a hyperbola.
Which eccentricities represent most elongated ellispe?
The elongation of the ellipse increases as the eccentricity increases from 0 to 1. For eccentricity zero it's a circle, and with eccentricity 1 it's a parabola. They are all a class of curve called a conic section. If you can find a torch (flashlight) that produces a conical beam, shine it directly at the wall and you get a circle. Shine it at an inclined angle and you get an ellipse. If the angle is increased so that one side of the cone is parallel to the wall, you see a parabola on the wall. Any more of an angle and you get the 4th conic section, a hyperbola.
What is the best shape for a rocket?
The best shape for a rocket is a cylinder, or tube, whose height is 10-20 times its diameter. Multiple cap designs are used, from simple conic to complex obloid to the strange areospike, all have various drag coefficients and specific uses.
Why is albert Einstein is called late blomer?
Some people show an incredible talent prior to age 18; and, in some cases (such as Mozart), prior to age ten. Amongst these Carl Gauss (corrected his father's math work at age three), Andre Ampere (wrote a treatise on conic sections at 13), Blaise Pascal (wrote a treatise on vibrations at nine) Ruth Lawrence (came in first in college math entrance exams -- at age ten), and Enrico Fermi (wrote an essay for his college entrance that his examiner said would have made an excellent doctoral thesis). Einstein, on the other hand, showed intelligence but no extraordinary talent until the age of 26.
What are the Types of conic sections?
The types of conic sections are circles, parabolas, hyperbolas, and ellipses.
Which Conic sections describes a closed curve?
Circles, parabolas, ellipses, and hyperbolas are all conic sections. Out of these conic sections, the circle and ellipse are the ones which define a closed curve.
What Was Johanne Kelper'sContribution To Astronomy?
Kepler discovered that planets move in elipses which are stretched out cicles. elipses are 1 of the four conic sections
What are the conic sections in a building?
The conic sections of a building are the parts that take a conic shaped design some examples would be the Berlin Reichstag Dome and the Sony Center in Berlin.
How is basketball connected to conic sections?
The only thing I can think of is a lobbed shot at the basket will approximately follow the path of a parabola, which is one of the conic sections.
Why are conic section called conic sections?
Circles, ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas are called conic sections because they can be obtained as a intersection of a plane with a double- napped circular cone. If the plane passes through vertex of the double-napped cone, then the intersection is a point, a pair of straight lines or a single line. These are called degenerate conic sections. Because they are sections of a cone or a cone shaped object.
What careers use conic sections?
Aerospace engineer\
Why are conic sections important in science?
cause they are awsome
What was blaise pascal interested in?
math and conic sections
What has the author William Henry Drew written?
William Henry Drew has written: 'Solutions to problems contained in A geometrical treatise on conic sections' -- subject(s): Conic sections
What are real life examples of conic sections circles?
a wheel
What conic sections represent a closed curve?
Ellipse circle
