Ellipse4of8 A quick look at the eccentricity of ellipses.

Опубликовано: 11 Апрель 2026
на канале: BMAPhysics
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This is the fourth video in a series of eight that takes a comprehensive look at ellipses.

In this video we take a closer look at the eccentricity of ellipses c/a and show that a circle has an eccentricity of 0 while a line has an eccentricity of 1. All ellipses have eccentricities between these two extreme values.

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